An amazing story about the tender and devoted friendship of an old hunting dog named Ranger and a tricolor cat with kittens. It so happened that the safest place for them was under the porch of a rickety house in a deep forest. The author of this book is the famous American writer Katie Appelt. Having published the story “Under the Porch,” she not only became a finalist in the national competition for the best children's book, but also received the Newbery Medal for it, an honorary award in the field of children's literature.