Susan Lendroth enjoys telling tales set in the past and has written two previous picture books. She lives in the Los Angeles area with her daughter and an ill-mannered orange cat named Jr, who has never learned to beckon.

Kathryn Otoshi is a cat-lover and an award-winning author and illustrator who has always wanted to do a children’s picture book based on her own Japanese heritage. She lives in the San Francisco Bay area with her husband, Daniel, and two cockatiels.

Shen’s Books is a publisher of multicultural children’s literature that emphasizes cultural diversity and tolerance, with a focus on introducing children to the cultures of Asia.

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Maneki Neko: The Tale of the Beckoning Cat

By Susan Lendroth
Illustrated by Kathryn Otoshi
$17.95, Hardcover, 32 pages
English Text
Ages 4-8
ISBN-10: 1885008392
ISBN-13: 9781885008398

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