Full name: The Beckoning Cat: Based on a Japanese Folktale

Author: Koko Nishizuka Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Children, Picture books, Animals Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780823420513 0823420515

In this story based on a Japanese folktale, an impoverished boy named Yohei shares his dinner with a cat that appears on his doorstep. When Yohei faces a crisis, the cat remembers his generosity and brings help. Similar books: Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen The Best Mouse Cookie by Laura Numeroff The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright James Herriot's Treasury for Children by James Herriot From Head to Toe by Eric Carle The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson Tiddler by Julia Donaldson Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino Edward the Emu by Sheena Knowles The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal Tops & Bottoms by Janet Stevens The Circus Ship by Chris Van Dusen The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld The Koala Who Could by Rachel Bright