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"1990s children's picture book about a kitten whose mother teaches him that he is special and loved I vaguely remember the story being about a kitten, potentially living in or coming across a barn at one point. Either he is searching for his mother and is reunited in the end, or it's about the mother teaching the kitten why/how he is special. Maybe both? I think some of the story involved this kitten playing with other animals, possibly while the story (from the mother's perspective I think) spoke about why the kitten is special and loved by the mother and/or its friends. It ended with an im"