If you saw Cecelia Davis and Debbie Warren walking down the street together, you might not have any idea that the two women are best friends. That's because their friendship goes deeper than appearances, and that fact has even inspired Davis to write their story, and that's how the book in your hands came to be. Although they became friends as adults, this book shares the story of how things might have been if they had met as children.

The Adventures of Katie Calf came about as a result of visiting with my cousin, Robert Lee Matteson who had a farm in Fulton, MO. A man of very few words, he came into the living room where I was and began telling me about a cow he had that was carrying twin calves. He knew the cow was about to deliver and went into the field to see if he could find her. He found one of the calves and led it to find the mother. The mother cow rejected the new calf because she already had a calf nursing from her udder. That night, as I lay in bed, the story of Katie Calf took form. Katie Finds a Friend and The...