The Coatsworth, Elizabeth 1893-1986 creator Ward, Lynd 1905-1985 text utu 2026 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats The Cat Who Went to Heaven is a 1930 novel by Elizabeth Coatsworth that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1931. On January 1, 2026, the novel entered the public domain in the USA. The story is about a penniless Japanese artist and a calico cat his housekeeper brings home. The storyline is supposedly based on an old Buddhist folk tale, and includes, as asides, a short telling of the Buddha's life, and brief accounts of some of the Buddha's previous lifetimes as animals, as in the Jataka tales. At the end of each of the eight chapters is one of the housekeeper's songs, her insightful commentary on what is happening. (This summary is from Wikipedia.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cat_Who_Went_to_Heaven Release date is 2026-04-08 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Originally published: New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1930 Animals -- Juvenile fiction Religious fiction Cats -- Juvenile fiction Artists -- Juvenile fiction Buddhism -- Juvenile fiction Japan -- History -- Juvenile fiction PZ New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1930 https://archive.org/details/catwhowenttoheav0000unse/mode/1up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78393 https://archive.org/details/catwhowenttoheav0000unse/mode/1up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78393 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134822.0 78393