Not My Cat

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Author(s)
Co-Authors / Illustrators
Age Range
4+
Release Date
April 23, 2024
ISBN
978-1665927963
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Based on the author’s real experience, this charming and hilarious picture book follows a solitary homeowner who insists she’s much too busy to adopt a stray cat…until the cat adopts her.

Staceypants lives in a beautiful yellow house in Charm City where she stays busy fixing things, planting pretty flowers, and keeping her home clean. One day, she finds a scruffy gray cat perched on her fence. But Staceypants definitely does not want a cat. Cats scratch furniture, jump on everything, and they need a litter box!

No, this is not Staceypants’s cat. Not when the cat comes back again and again. Not when Staceypants buys the cat a fancy cat bed. Not even when she and the cat sunbathe and do porch yoga together. But what will she do when the cat that’s not her cat disappears?

Editor review

1 review
An Amusing Picture Book
(Updated: June 03, 2026)
Overall rating
 
5.0
Plot
 
5.0
Characters
 
5.0
Writing Style
 
5.0
Illustrations/Photos (if applicable)
 
5.0
NOT MY CAT is a humorous picture book about a woman who claims that the stray cat with whom she spends her days is not, in fact, her pet cat. When Not My Cat goes missing for days on end, Staceypants realizes just how fond she is of her feline friend.

This book is an adorable story about the friendship that grows between a woman and the stray cat that consistently keeps showing up at her doorstep. Kids will find the language easy to understand and the story fun. It is a heartwarming journey watching Staceypants at first deny all possibility of adopting Not My Cat, and then slowly grow to love her. When Not My Cat suddenly goes missing, both Staceypants and the reader worry for the loveable cat, and when she finally returns it is a moment of both relief and joy.

Stacey is rightly dubbed "Staceypants" because she can always be found sporting a pair of stylish and vividly patterned pants. The mix of shapes, patterns, and colors will capture the interest of children. They will care deeply about Staceypants and the shaggy gray cat.

This is a funny and heartfelt book that I enjoyed immensely. I hope every cat-lover will give this picture book a read.
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