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The Tale of The Lucky Cat 
by Sunny Seki

The Tale of the Lucky Cat is a bilingual English/Japanese picture book retelling an ancient Japanese legend, about a humble toymaker who cared for an injured cat before its tragic death, and in turn was saved from lightning by the cat's beckoning spirit. To remember his friend, he worked hard to create clay statues of a cat with a raised paw. Today these lucky cat statues, known as "maneki neko," are popular throughout Japan for spreading good fortune. The appealing color  illustrations add the perfect touch to this wonderful picture book, highly recommended for children's library collections." 

-- Midwest Book Review