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It tells the story of the kitten born under a blue moon, whose destiny was to bring the song of the river, with its message of beauty, peace and contentment, to the inhabitants of Castle Town. The book, illustrated by Janice Holland, was first published in 1949, and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1950. The book was inspired by Coblentz's visit to Castleton, Vermont in 1946, with her husband, who was interested in seeing a nearby wind turbine then being used to generate electricity. Librarian Hulda Cole told her of a local girl who had made an embroidered carpet[3] that hung in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Among its motifs, inspired by the natural world of its creator, was a blue cat. Coblentz, a Vermont native, drew on real people from the town's history to tell the story of the blue cat's adventures.

一只在蓝色月光下出生的蓝色小猫，机缘巧合听到了大河的歌唱，它的使命就是把这首“大河之歌”传达给城堡镇的居民，这首歌饱含人类最基本的价值观：友爱、善良、美丽、和平和知足常乐等。在它到达城堡镇时，发现那里的人们心中充满着仇恨、不满、欺骗、互不信任。蓝猫历尽艰险，甚至一度忘记了“大河之歌”，它能完成自己的使命吗……