Tom Pettie is a wandering outdoor cat who enjoys the affection of all who surround him in Summers Green, the Texas cul-de-sac he calls home. As he enjoys adventure and refuses domestication, the confident tomcat teaches his housecat friends Astro, Gyser, Calliope, and Skelly valuable life lessons about trust, the value of friendship, and embracing new experiences with wisdom and wit. Tom Pettie and the Timid Calico Cat is bound to become a favorite, to be read again and again.