A review by mjfmjfmjf
The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth

4.0

Newbery re-read. A little jewel box of a story. Basically the retelling of the life of Buddha or more particularly the death of Buddha, around the creation of a painting. Throughout it all we see it mirrored in the eyes of a cat. Apparently cats rebuffed the Buddha at his death, not something I know anything about. The ending was a bit more abrupt and subtle than I would have liked. But there was a reaching to it that I expect from a Newbery winner.