It's Like This, Cat

Name: It's Like This, Cat
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Emily Neville
ISBN: 9798349141904

Author: Emily Neville

Narrator: Paul Heitsch

Unabridged: 3 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media, LLC

Published: 05/22/2026

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes, Animal Stories, Classic Children's Stories

Synopsis

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.This audiobook is masterfully read by Paul Heitsch, and was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. Audio engineering by Alex Brown.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Wendy on January 13, 2008

I resisted reading this book, because I retain a childhood prejudice against books with male narrators, and I still don't really like kids' books about animals. (It's not really THAT much about animals.) But I forced myself to read a chapter, and then another chapter, and then realized I was actuall......more

Goodreads review by doug on September 30, 2019

Like finding twenty bucks in a pair of pants, I was elated when I came across a free copy of “It’s Like This Cat, by Emily Neville. It is one of those elemental books from my childhood, which had kind of recessed in my memory. I read this novel when I was in 5th or 6th grade and I was very much aware......more

Goodreads review by Deb (Readerbuzz) on March 16, 2016

First recent read: I can see why this book confused me as a child...a New York apartment setting (do people live in apartments? why don't they have a house?)...an eighteen year old boy who is homeless (where are the boy's parents?)...young teenagers who wander around a big city (isn't that dangerous?......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on June 05, 2007

I first read this book when I was 10 years old and on a train ride from California to New York. Interesting children’s coming of age novel written first person by a 14 year old New York city boy (who becomes attached to a stray cat – hence the title of the book). Accurate descriptions of New York ci......more

Goodreads review by Amy on April 14, 2020

Dave, a 14 year old boy in NYC, brings home a cat. But also, he runs all around the city alone and with friends. Meets a girl, meets a guy just a little older but who is essentially homeless and estranged from his family. Just some adventures in the late 60s, things that I don't think would happen t......more