First published in 1963 and winner of the Newbery Award for excellence in children’s literature the following year, “It’s like this, cat” is the charming and engrossing debut novel by American author Emily Cheney Neville. The story centers on...
Unable to work out a satisfactory relationship with his brother and sister and cope with their alcoholic mother, a young boy finds solace with neighborhood friends and in his relationship with a stray dog....