{"id":279321,"date":"2025-06-07T12:35:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T12:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/a-man-and-his-cat-picture-book-mom-read-it\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T12:35:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T12:35:50","slug":"a-man-and-his-cat-picture-book-mom-read-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=279321","title":{"rendered":"A Man and His Cat Picture Book! \u2013 Mom Read It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em><span class=\"textLarge\"><a href=\"https:\/\/momreadit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/man-and-his-cat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31181\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/momreadit.com\/2025\/06\/03\/tales-from-the-tbr-a-man-and-his-cat-picture-book\/man-and-his-cat\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/momreadit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/man-and-his-cat.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1404\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"man and his cat\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/momreadit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/man-and-his-cat.jpg?w=214\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/momreadit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/man-and-his-cat.jpg?w=729\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-31181\" src=\"https:\/\/momreadit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/man-and-his-cat.jpg?w=214\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\"\/><\/a>A Man and His Cat Picture Book<\/span><\/em><span class=\"pve_subName\"><em>: Fukumaru and the Spaceship of Happiness<\/em>,<\/span> by Umi Sakurai, (July 2024, Square Enix Books), $17.99, ISBN: 9781646092819<\/p>\n<p>Ages 5-8<\/p>\n<p>How did I miss this one last year? <a href=\"https:\/\/squareenixmangaandbooks.square-enix-games.com\/en-us\/series\/a-man-and-his-cat\"><em>A Man and His Cat<\/em> is a popular manga series<\/a> that\u2019s released in the U.S. from Square Enix; somehow, I missed the picture book release that stars the cat, Fukumaru, who has his own adventure. In <span class=\"pve_subName\"><em>Fukumaru and the Spaceship of Happiness<\/em>, Fukumaru meets two space cats whose ship has crashed. Powered by happiness, it\u2019s up to Fukumaru to share his own joy to help his new fureinds (fur + friends) get back home. He shares tasty treats and fun toys, but when they need that last burst of joy to get liftoff, Fukumaru worries \u2013 how can he possibly share his Daddy? Sakurai creates a sweet story that emerging readers will love. The chibi illustrations are too cute for words, and the strong theme of sharing will resonate with readers who are learning to share their possessions while teaching them that sharing joy is just as important and as wonderful as sharing material things. If you haven\u2019t gotten this on your shelves yet, give it a whirl, especially if you have manga readers at your library.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Psst\u2026 if you haven\u2019t explored cat manga for kids, yet, I humbly recommend <em><a href=\"https:\/\/kodansha.us\/series\/chis-sweet-home\/\">Chi\u2019s Sweet Home<\/a><\/em> (also available to stream) and <a href=\"https:\/\/kodansha.us\/series\/fukufuku-kitten-tales\/\">Fuku Fuku Kitten Tales<\/a>, both by Konami Konata. My library kids wear my copies out!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Man and His Cat Picture Book: Fukumaru and the Spaceship of Happiness, by Umi Sakurai, (July 2024, Square Enix Books), $17.99, ISBN: 9781646092819 Ages 5-8 How did I miss this one last year? A Man and His Cat is a popular manga series that\u2019s released in the U.S. from Square Enix; somehow, I missed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":279322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107951,107952,97844,107950,107942,97833,107953,101727,107954,12303,96677,107955,107956,107957],"tags":[2268,2246,385,2722,3893,3480],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-279321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-man-and-his-cat","category-aliens","category-cats","category-early-reader","category-families","category-fiction","category-fukumaru-and-the-spaceship-of-happiness","category-intermediate","category-joy","category-manga","category-picture-books","category-sharing","category-square-enix","category-umi-sakurai","tag-book","tag-cat","tag-man","tag-mom","tag-picture","tag-read"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Man and His Cat Picture Book! \u2013 Mom Read It - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=279321\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Man and His Cat Picture Book! \u2013 Mom Read It - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Man and His Cat Picture Book: Fukumaru and the Spaceship of Happiness, by Umi Sakurai, (July 2024, Square Enix Books), $17.99, ISBN: 9781646092819 Ages 5-8 How did I miss this one last year? 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