As the synopsis indicates, this book is about a cat that dies 8 times before it finds it's life-to-be whle he is living the ninth. There's a little angel-like picture of the cat with angel wings leaving each time the cat dies. It's interesting but oftentimes, I think a little much for the toddlers. There's a bunch of info in this book that makes it fun to discover and explore and actually, I think the artwork is better than the actual story. The idea behind this is good, but I think I agree with the other reviewers that more and equal focus should be placed on the story itself, and not just in the illustrations. My favorite part is seeing what's going on behind the scenes in the illustrations alongside the pages.It's a nice book but maybe look for another one of Brett's books if you're reading this to a toddler. It's not as entertaining as say her Gingerbread Baby book.