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The Cat Who Went to Heaven
Elizabeth Coatsworth

The Cat Who Went to Heaven takes place in Japan, and is related to Buddhism, not Christianity (something one definitely would not guess, given the title, which doesn’t seem appropriate). It’s about a painter who takes in a cat, even though he can barely afford to feed himself, and who then, by a stroke of good luck, is commissioned to paint a portrait of the Buddha for the local temple…