About The Author... Cat Sauer

In these photos you can see the original hand-tied version of Brown Bag Bedtime Books

"Day dreaming is therapy for me," says Cat.  "It was a problem in school because I'd be off somewhere else while class was being conducted.  The process was fuel for my imagination.  It's too bad I tended to practice it during class time!  I just had to work harder at trying to keep up with my studies."

It wasn't until late in her career as an advertising executive that she began to toy with the idea of children's stories.  "It really happened as a result of, well, day dreaming early one morning in my office.  We had just moved and outside my windows were empty fields filled with wildflowers, weeds and bunnies.  I had seen a rather large owl in my oak the night before and wondered what he was doing there.  My husband meekly explained he was hunting the rabbits.  I was horrified.  So that next morning, I began to wonder what would happen if the rabbit and owl met and actually became friends?"  That was the beginning.  The result was "Flip Flop & Hoot" which she self published just for the fun of it.  "I gave them away to friends and relatives."   On another occasion she was sitting in the dark in her family room, day dreaming, looking out the French doors to the rose garden along the patio.  "A shadow suddenly crossed behind a rose bush, then continued on along the garden, toward the kitchen.  Curious, I got up and quietly made my way to the kitchen window to peek out.  Here comes this fat opossum!  I moved to the back kitchen door and opened it, forgetting I had the alarm on.  The blaring siren scared the poor thing to death and it took off."  Another story was born entitled "A Possum In The Roses."

Since then, there have been two more stories, and now the recordings.  "One of the stories, "What's A Jaybird To Do?" is very important to me.  It was written for very special friend who went through a struggle with cancer.  He was one of the bravest people I've known."  Gwendolyn is a story inspired by her mother but taken to new heights in the book.  "I never had children myself, but I know the importance of a healthy imagination and that's why I've pursued the project this far."  She is encouraged by the very favorable response she is receiving from teachers, librarians, and the kids themselves.  "I have friends who don't know whether to thank me or bop me on the head because their kids refuse to take the tapes out of the player in the car.  One friend told me Betsy Butterfly is driving her nuts."

Cat lives in Florida along with her Old English Sheepdog, Savannah and and a very talkative African Gray Parrot named Shiraz. There is also a squirrel named Squirt who comes and goes from the patio, and Scuba, the blue heron that comes to fish in the pool every morning.  Oh yes, and a husband who is a professional musician.  All are wondering when a story will be written about them.