FROM CAT AND DOG CHAT WITH CAREN: I am not writing book reviews any longer, but I am happy to FEATURE a book if I am contacted and the book sounds interesting to me. I am not being compensated for featuring this book, nor am I offering any opinions. I am just doing the publisher a favor by featuring this book because it sounds interesting to me! READ ON!!
THE CALICO CAT AT THE CHIBINEKO KITCHEN
The heartwarming Japanese cat novel about fate and the healing power of food
By Yuta Takahashi, and “invitingly translated” (Booklist) by award-winning (and aptly named) translator Cat Anderson, this heartwarming and soul-enrichening series follows diners at a magical seaside café outside of Tokyo where they have the opportunity to speak to recently deceased loved ones—but just as long as their food is steaming hot. As our protagonists grapple with grief, love, and loss, they find closure and a new perspective on life with the help of a warm meal, a friendly cat, and a kindhearted chef. In a *starred review*, Library Journal praises the novel as “moving…this magical-realist novel, complete with recipes…features cats as wise guides.”
THE CALICO CAT AT THE CHIBINEKO KITCHEN
By Yuta Takahashi
Translated from the Japanese by Cat Anderson
Penguin Books
On Sale: February 24, 2026
ISBN: 9780143138624
E-ISBN: 9780593512739
Pages: 224 | Format: Trade Paperback Original
