# The Beckoning Cat

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- Book: [The Beckoning Cat](https://www.bookquiver.com/koko-nishizuka/the-beckoning-cat) ([The Beckoning Cat.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/koko-nishizuka/the-beckoning-cat.md))
- Authors: [Koko Nishizuka](https://www.bookquiver.com/koko-nishizuka), [Rosanne Litzinger](https://www.bookquiver.com/rosanne-litzinger)
- Publisher: holiday_house
- ISBN: 978-08-2346-009-0
- Pages: 32
- Published: 2025-03-11
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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...