The Cat Who Went to Heaven

Elizabeth Coatsworth

• Publisher: Rare Treasure Editions
• eBook ISBN:
  9781773231884
• Year: 2026

First published in 1930, public domain. In ancient Japan, a struggling artist is angered when his housekeeper brings home a tiny white cat he can barely afford to feed. But when the village's head priest commissions a painting of the Buddha for a healthy sum, the artist softens toward the animal he believes has brought him luck. The storyline is supposedly based on an old Buddhist folk tale, and includes, as asides, a telling of the  Buddha's life, and accounts of some of the Buddha's previous lifetimes as animals.

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• The Cat Who Went to Heaven