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The Cat Who Went to Heaven
A cat looks on as her master, a poor Japanese artist, works on a painting commissioned by a high priest. The artist must paint all the animals blessed by Buddha except cats, which have been excluded from paradise. Despite the risk, the compassionate artist decides to include a cat in his painting and is rewarded. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.
Personal Geography
Comprises ninety-four selections from her private journals with new pieces written for this book.
The Cat Who Went to Heaven
A Newberry Medal Winner This timeless fable has been a classic since its first publication in 1930, and this beautifully reillustrated edition brings the magic and wonder of the tale to a new generation of readers. 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. According to legend, the proud and haughty cat was denied the Buddha’s blessing for refusing to accept his teachings and pay him homage. So when the artist, moved by compassion for his pet, includes the cat in his painting, the priest rejects the work and decrees that it must be destroyed. It seems the artist’s life is ruined as well—until he is rewarded for his act of love by a Buddhist miracle.
Under the Green Willow
The pond creatures gather under the willow tree to be fed crumbs. Simple text illustrated with etchings.
Desert Dan
The desert adventures of an old prospector and his "family" of animals - four burros, a rooster, and a part-coyote dog. Grades 4-5.
Jock's Island
A sheep dog returns from herding two strayed ewes to find his master gone and the entire village deserted.
The Fair American
Pierre, sole survivor of an aristocratic family in the French Revolution, escapes to America aboard the Fair American with the aid of Sally, Andrew, and Andrew's father.
The Princess and the Lion
A princess in disguise journeys to tell her brother that he has been named king, and to warn him to abandon his plan to escape from the mountain prison where he had been banished by the old king who sought to avoid civil strife.
Song of the Camels
A poem describes the journey of camels carrying the Wise Men to see the new-born baby Jesus.
Away Goes Sally
In late eighteenth-century Massachusetts, Sally, an orphan living on a farm with her three aunts and two uncles, is excited when, after deciding to relocate in Maine, the family sets out on the long and adventurous winter journey taking with them a little house on runners so that her oldest aunt may never have to leave her own fireside behind.
