Children's chapter book about stray/ abandoned cat. Read in the late 1990s, possible pale blue hardcover without jacket. I vividly remember a scene of this kitten finally finding food only to have an older stray cat take it from them.

[heathxn]

I read this book when I was a kid - no earlier than 1997 and no later than 2001 - and all I remember about it is that it was told from the point of view of a kitten. I think the kitten was white, but I can't remember. The kitten wound up on the streets and had to learn to fend for itself, I can't remember if it had a happy ending or not. It was a children's book, but as far as publication date, it could've been anywhere from the 1960s to the mid 90s. As the title says, the only scene I vividly remember is the kitten getting a scrap of food taken away from it. Any help is appreciated, thank you!

[Capn]

Is this a picture book? :) Like 32 pages, fully illustrated? Or an illustrated chapter book?

Something like The Hungry Kitten?

[heathxn]

Capn wrote: "Is this a picture book? :) Like 32 pages, fully illustrated? Or an illustrated chapter book?

Something like The Hungry Kitten?
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I do not believe so! I think it was a chapter book, I forgot to mention that in my original post, I apologize.

[Capn]

No worries at all! :) Thanks for the update.

[Sheryll]

Was the kitten left behind at a holiday home? I remember one where a white kitten was left behind accidentally and had to survive the winter without her human family. She meets the local strays, one of whom has kittens under the house. I would have read it in the 80s though, and I don't remember the name...

[Ky]

Sheryll, are you thinking of Princess?

[Chris]

Might be Jennie by Paul Gallico?

[Rainbowheart]

Wild Cat?

[bookel]

Looking for books about white cats as I am not convinced it is Princess.

Ghost Cat by Helen Rushmore

LITTLE CAT LOST.
MACKENZIE, Compton.
Published by New York Macmillan, 1965
Deaf all-white cat.
Cover https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Book...

THE ALMOST ALL-WHITE RABBITY CAT
DeJong, Meindert
Published by MacMillan, NY, 1972

[SamSpayedPI]

Jennie by Paul Gallico
Little Cat Lost by Compton Mackenzie
The Almost All-White Rabbity Cat by Meindert DeJong

For the trackable links to some of the books mentioned above.

[Capn]

The Yellow Cat of Cottonwood Creek wrong colour, but it's a light one.. any updates here?

[Kat]

Any chance it was Socks, by Beverly Cleary? The (previously indoor) cat is made to live outside after the couple that owns it has a baby and is worried the cat will hurt the baby. I don't remember any specific food-stealing incidents, but there is definitely at least one altercation with a neighborhood stray/larger/more aggressive cat. I think the cat is mostly white.