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Working from Home with a Cat
This cute illustrated book shows what it's like to live and work from home with a cat, a situation over one third of us are familiar with.
Stepping on computer keyboards, knocking things off the table, interrupting video calls—cats can be distracting coworkers. With colorful art and oh-so-relatable scenarios, Working from Home with a Cat takes readers through a day in the life of artist Heidi Moreno and her pet cat Peanut. From the time she wakes up until the time she goes to bed, she navigates working with her needy yet loveable feline companion, as Peanut walks over her paintings, hogs her chair, disrupts her yoga routine, and more.
Despite all the struggles, cats like Peanut are always by our side when we need them, even on the hardest, loneliest workdays. Working from Home with a Cat reminds us why cats are the cutest colleagues and a source of comfort and calm in this chaotic world.
• Perfect gift for any cat owner
• Features funny and heartwarming scenarios anyone who has tried to concentrate at home with a cat has experienced
• For readers who like How to Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You, Herding Cats by Sarah Scribbles, and You Need More Sleep: Advice from Cats by Francesco Marciuliano
Stepping on computer keyboards, knocking things off the table, interrupting video calls—cats can be distracting coworkers. With colorful art and oh-so-relatable scenarios, Working from Home with a Cat takes readers through a day in the life of artist Heidi Moreno and her pet cat Peanut. From the time she wakes up until the time she goes to bed, she navigates working with her needy yet loveable feline companion, as Peanut walks over her paintings, hogs her chair, disrupts her yoga routine, and more.
Despite all the struggles, cats like Peanut are always by our side when we need them, even on the hardest, loneliest workdays. Working from Home with a Cat reminds us why cats are the cutest colleagues and a source of comfort and calm in this chaotic world.
• Perfect gift for any cat owner
• Features funny and heartwarming scenarios anyone who has tried to concentrate at home with a cat has experienced
• For readers who like How to Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You, Herding Cats by Sarah Scribbles, and You Need More Sleep: Advice from Cats by Francesco Marciuliano
72 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 3, 2020
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October 4, 2023
I want a cat too so that we can ignore each other and cannot live without each other.
January 26, 2021
The title says it all. Super mild cat humor in a nothing book that took all of two minutes to read. Cat lovers will love it, I'm sure, while the rest of us shrug.
November 4, 2020
Wherever you work, there’s always that one coworker. They interrupt you when you’re trying to get important work done. They show up on your video calls, whether you want them to or not. They don’t understand the meaning of personal space. And in these days, where more of us are working from home than ever, that coworker tends to be your cat.
Meet Peanut. Peanut is a typical cat, wanting to be the center of attention, wanting naps in warm places, wanting treats (loudly), and wanting to push all the beverages off the table they’re sitting on.
Author/illustrator Heidi Moreno loves her cat Peanut—that’s obvious. They are two peas in a pod. And when she tries to get some work done, Peanut is always there. He’s there lying in the sink when she’s brushing her teeth. He’s sitting on her computer keyboard, chasing the cursor across the screen like a cool new bug. He meows to be let out. And then he meows to be let back in.
When she’s on a video call, Peanut is there. When she’s trying to paint, Peanut is there, walking across her palette, getting paint on his paws . . . and then the sofa. And the coffee table. When it’s time to make dinner, Peanut is there, wanting to stick his paw into the hot pan.
And at night, when she’s tired and unhappy, Peanut is there, supplying her with all the love she needs to cheer her up.
Working at Home with a Cat is the, as in THE, book to sum up working from home this year. The illustrations are adorable, filled with bright colors and whimsy and all the amazing and irritating aspects of being a cat parent. Cats can be needy, but they are also entertaining. They get in the way, but they keep you from getting lonely. They can be exasperating, but they have so much love to share.
I absolutely loved this book. It is adorable and such a celebration of the best things (and other things) of living with a cat. Looking at these illustrations, you can feel all the frustration, anxiety, admiration, enjoyment, and pure love of having a cat, and every page is a reminder of all the ways that cats fill our lives, our homes, and our hearts with joy.
In short, buy this book for all the cat lovers in your life! It will make them happy! I know this for certain, because it made me happy.
Egalleys for Working from Home with a Cat were provided by Chronicle Books, with many thanks.
Meet Peanut. Peanut is a typical cat, wanting to be the center of attention, wanting naps in warm places, wanting treats (loudly), and wanting to push all the beverages off the table they’re sitting on.
Author/illustrator Heidi Moreno loves her cat Peanut—that’s obvious. They are two peas in a pod. And when she tries to get some work done, Peanut is always there. He’s there lying in the sink when she’s brushing her teeth. He’s sitting on her computer keyboard, chasing the cursor across the screen like a cool new bug. He meows to be let out. And then he meows to be let back in.
When she’s on a video call, Peanut is there. When she’s trying to paint, Peanut is there, walking across her palette, getting paint on his paws . . . and then the sofa. And the coffee table. When it’s time to make dinner, Peanut is there, wanting to stick his paw into the hot pan.
And at night, when she’s tired and unhappy, Peanut is there, supplying her with all the love she needs to cheer her up.
Working at Home with a Cat is the, as in THE, book to sum up working from home this year. The illustrations are adorable, filled with bright colors and whimsy and all the amazing and irritating aspects of being a cat parent. Cats can be needy, but they are also entertaining. They get in the way, but they keep you from getting lonely. They can be exasperating, but they have so much love to share.
I absolutely loved this book. It is adorable and such a celebration of the best things (and other things) of living with a cat. Looking at these illustrations, you can feel all the frustration, anxiety, admiration, enjoyment, and pure love of having a cat, and every page is a reminder of all the ways that cats fill our lives, our homes, and our hearts with joy.
In short, buy this book for all the cat lovers in your life! It will make them happy! I know this for certain, because it made me happy.
Egalleys for Working from Home with a Cat were provided by Chronicle Books, with many thanks.
December 18, 2020
A perfect book for cat lovers. I’m not an animal lover, but I do like this book. The illustrations are so cute with the bright colors, and the story is so simple. I imagined the same if I have a cat 😍😍
November 16, 2020
Adorable little illustrated book, anyone who has a cat will be able to relate to the always cute, sometimes annoying antics of our feline companions.
November 4, 2020
Working from Home with a Cat by Heidi Moreno is charming. The book is accurate. Get it for anyone who is fortunate enough to serve a feline overlord. The illustrations are adorable!
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November 30, 2020
My morning reading. Finished with one sitting. Very cute and richer with illustrations. Everything in the book is very relatable for me as a cat-parent 😹
March 25, 2024
So relatable and cute :’)
December 25, 2020
Cute and sweet book with great illustrations.
January 21, 2022
It's what the tittle says.
July 10, 2021
For Anyone that has a cat
Everything in here is pretty much a daily occurrence in this house. Super cute picture book. Me and my kitties loved it.
Everything in here is pretty much a daily occurrence in this house. Super cute picture book. Me and my kitties loved it.
October 7, 2025
Very cute and accurate!
This was quite fun to look through. I have 3 cats and yes I do need them all! 🤣 I’m actually currently looking for work and purchased a new desktop and temporary turned my kitchen into an office until I for sure get a remote job. Then I’ll convert my guest room into an office. In the meantime, I have to be careful when in zoom interviews, because they love to perform for the camera, rub on my face blocking the view or walk all over the keyboard!
This was quite fun to look through. I have 3 cats and yes I do need them all! 🤣 I’m actually currently looking for work and purchased a new desktop and temporary turned my kitchen into an office until I for sure get a remote job. Then I’ll convert my guest room into an office. In the meantime, I have to be careful when in zoom interviews, because they love to perform for the camera, rub on my face blocking the view or walk all over the keyboard!
January 13, 2021
I figured it would be more illustration than 'book', and wasn't disappointed. The illustrations aren't impeccable, but the author brings to life all our struggles with our feline companions (not that we'd change anything about them).
March 9, 2023
Relatable little book for cat lovers. I love the art style! Overall, it was not quite what I was hoping for, though: I was expecting more humor and comics rather than just cute illustrations. I finished the book in less than... 10 to 15 minutes? And that was including the time to truly appreciate each page. Not sure I'd recommend purchasing it (especially a hard copy) for such a short reading experience.
November 27, 2023
Cute book and the pictures were nice. I could have done without a couple of the images which were TMI, but it definitely sums up what it's like working with a cat (even though I don't have a cat or work from home... ha ha)
November 7, 2020
Pretty cute book!
January 5, 2021
Everything I needed. Pure right book + right reader + right time magic.
January 11, 2021
Adorable book! Great graphics as well:)
January 28, 2021
Lovely illustrations
February 19, 2021
100% felt this.
March 2, 2021
Super cute artwork and very relatable content!
March 26, 2021
Spot on! Working with a cat or even a kid.
April 21, 2021
Comics that are very relatable if you are in this situation. Super cute!
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May 17, 2021I’m not sure if it counts as a book, but I’ve read it
August 21, 2021
Cute little book, considering I have been working from home with two kittens for the last year.
September 30, 2021
I wish i can draw. Beautiful illustration. Too short😅. Who adore a cat will know and enjoy the relatable.
October 5, 2021
A lot like working from home with a chihuahua
October 11, 2021
Not much story.
November 7, 2021
Novelty book.
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