Most of Coatsworth's novels are concerned with American subjects. However, in addition to The Cat Who Went to Heaven, Coatsworth has written two other novels based on Oriental themes: Cricket and The Emperor's Son (1932) and Knock at the Door (1931). Cricket and the Emperor's Son is a series of tales about a little boy, Cricket, who finds a magic paper which produces story after story for him to read to the sick child of the emperor.