Books with author Emily Cheney Neville

"Superb….The best junior novel I've ever read about big-city life." -The New York Times "A fine, honest, flavorful tale." -- -- Chicago Tribune "Different, humorous, with a touch of the vernacular, and a great feeling for the city and its many peoples." -- -- Saturday Review The 1964 Newbery Medal winner for excellence in American children's literature. The lean and quirky and utterly touching story of a fourteen-year-old boy, David Mitchell, living “right in the middle of New York City” with his blustering, sharp-tongued father and his worrying, long-suffering mother… and how he grew to maturity, helped along indirectly by a very special stray cat. “My father is always talking about how a dog can be very educational for a boy. This is one reason I got a cat…” “it’s like this, cat’ recounts a year in the life of Dave Mitchell as he completes junior high school and enters high school in New York City. It’s also the story of how he grew to maturity, helped along indirectly by a stray cat that he brought home from Crazy Kate, the neighborhood Cat Lady. Dave, who has bouts of asthma brought on by family strife, lives with his lawyer father and his mother. The cat, named "Cat" lives a wild life that brings Dave in contact with a future friend and girl friend. Dave's adventures take him throughout areas of New York City, and the reader is treated to descriptions of famous city landmarks. With Dave's new cat-related experiences comes an increased appreciation for his parents and deepening care for his new friends. And through his interaction with others, Dave develops the strength of character and emotional maturity to accept and survive life's inevitable tragedies.

The Newbery-winning classic novel about a young New Yorker who figures out the world on his own terms with the help of one prickly tomcat, for readers who enjoy such books as Al Capone Does My Shirts and Hoot. Dave Mitchell and his father disagree on almost everything—and every time their fighting sets off his mother’s asthma, Dave ends up storming out of the house. But when Dave meets a big, handsome tomcat, he decides to bring him home, no matter what his father has to say about it.With adventure-loving Cat around, Dave meets lots of new people—like Tom, a young dropout on his own in the city, and Mary, the first girl he can talk to like a real person.And as his eyes open to those around him, Dave starts to understand his father a little better. They still don’t see eye-to-eye on a lot of things, but there is one thing they can both agree on: Having a cat can be very educational—especially when it’s one like Cat.

IT'S LIKE THIS, CAT tells the coming-of-age story of Dave Mitchell, a sensitive 14-year-old boy growing up in New York in the early 1960s. Dave is an only child who fights with his father. His confidant is "Aunt Kate," the crazy cat lady down the street. When "Aunt Kate" introduces Dave to Cat, an orange-striped tomcat, he suddenly has a new best friend who accompanies him everywhere. A classic tale of a young man growing up, believably and poignantly told, IT'S LIKE THIS, CAT won the 1964 Newbery Award. "Superb -- the best junior novel I've ever read about big-city life." -- The New York Times "The thoughts, feelings, and activities of an adolescent boy in contemporary New York City, perceptively revealed in a skillfully written narrative." -- Booklist

HC/DJ in mylar, in VG/VG condition. Illustrated boards match DJ. Straight spine, tight binding. Clean, unmarked pages. Both book and DJ are lacking damage aside from slight rubbing to corners and head/foot of spine, and small discolorations where pieces of tape were attached to keep DJ mylar in place. Signed by Emily Cheney Neville, winner of the 1964 Newberry Medal for It's Like This, Cat. 197 pgs. octavo clipped dust jacket VERY CUTE!!! B Rhodes-KFB-1-rm D bks N