Willow’s pet cat Mao relates how the Jade Emperor chose twelve animals to represent the years in the Chinese calendar.
- ISBN: 9781596432024
- Author: Orgel, Doris
- Illustrator: So, Meilo
- Published: 2008, Roaring Brook Press
- Themes: animal, cat, Grandmother, Storytelling, zodiac
- Descriptors: Asia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Japan, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)
- No. of pages: 40