Frank likes everyone in the Grant Street rooming house where he lives with his mother, but old Mrs. Kazinski up in the attic is his special friend. She will be eighty years old on Sunday. Frank needs to find her the best birthday present in the world. But what will it be? Nothing seems just right until the cat who lives under the porch comes to Frank's aid. When Frank climbs the stairs to Mrs. Kazinski's room, be is carrying the perfect gift, both in his hands and in his heart.