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"Every life and job is unique; this book's take on the job of a watchman is empathetic, poetic, and a joy to look at, cute kitty and all." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "[Illustrator] Yoo sets a lovely mood, taking readers from sunset to dawn through washes of orange, pink, and blue, the watchman's compassionate demeanor assuring them that all's well." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) A stray kitten changes the way the watchman sees nighttime in this tender book based on a true story, illustrated by Strictly No Elephants artist Taeeun Yoo.The night watchman hugs his wife and kids and drives to work. All night he is alone. Every hour he makes his rounds. He sees the stars twinkling. He hears the sounds of the night: ki-DEE ki-DEE ki-DEE shhhhheeeeeEEEERRRROOOOooooommmmmm Woof! Woof! Woof! Meeeoooow. When he is joined by a stray kitten, the night suddenly seems different. Has the kitten found a new home? Kitten and the Night Watchman is inspired by the true story of author John Sullivan meeting a stray cat while working as a night watchman. The cat, Beebe, was John's companion for seventeen years.
About the Author
John T. Sullivan, Jr.,
John T. Sullivan Jr. has had a wide and varied public career on the state, llocal and national level. His Most recent political endeavor involved serving as Upstate Coordinator for the Cuomo/Hochul campaign for Governor of NY. He was also Upstate director of Bill Samuels' Efffectiveny.org, a good government group for several months before joining the Cuomo campaign. He retired in 2009 as New York State's Deputy Medicaid Inspector General for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs. He joined the OMIG office in 2008 after having served as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Attorney General's Watertown office for five years. He served under both Eliot Spitzer and Andrew Cuomo. He briefly re-entered state service from June-December 2015 as an ALJ for the NYS Labor Department, and has recently re-retired. He is a published author ( "Forks in the road" pub. Dec. 16th 2015 Authorhouse) , and his latest book is a Memoir/Autobiography entitled " Pee Not your Pants-Memoirs of a small town Mayor with big time ideas".
An attorney with more than 35 years of experience, Mr. Sullivan began his political career at age 23, when he was the youngest person in the county's history to have been elected to the Oswego County Legislature. He went on to become the Mayor of the City of Oswego and also served as chair of the Oswego City Charter Revision Commission. As mayor of Oswego from 1988-92, along with his wife, he is credited with starting Oswego's famous annual Harborfest celebration. A graduate of SUNY Oswego, he majored in political science, and then went on to graduate from Syracuse University's College of Law. He served as chair of the SUNY Oswego College Council, as well as a council member, and as counsel to both the cities of Oswego and Fulton, and as attorney to the Oswego City School District.
He had a successful law practice in Oswego for nearly 30 years. In 1995, he was named co-chair of the New York State Democratic Party. He served as co-chair of the New York State delegation to the Democratic National Convention in 1996, and as a member of the Electoral College, also in 1996. He was a member of the Democratic National Committee and a founding member of the New York State Democratic Rural Conference.
He taught political science at SUNY Oswego as an adjunct professor and taught New York State Politics and Government at SUNY Albany's Rockefeller School of Government for the spring 2009 semester. In 2009 he was a finalist in the quest for the Democratic nomination for Congress in the 23rd Congressional District in the race to succeed John McHugh, who has been named by President Obama as the new Secretary of the Army.
He is a dynamic public speaker, and has been a keynote speaker for several high profile events, including the Crested Butte, Colorado "Community Forum&q
