Hi there, hoping you can help find a book. I remember reading it in the late 80s/early 90s. It was about a child in Rome who lost his or her cat. They go all over the city looking for it and eventually find the cat in the “mouth of truth” (La Bocca della Verità ) statue. I remember it was a blue cover and fairly larger than a regular sized book. It was in English. Hoping you can help track it down!
Perhaps “Miranda the Great” by Eleanor Estes?
Thanks, Sherri. Unfortunately that’s not it. Hoping we can track it down!
Could be Moon-Eyes by Jean Chapman: A stray cat sets out through the streets of Rome in search of the small child that showed him some kindness.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1736940.Moon_Eyes