The Stock Horse and The Stable Cat (Signed Collector&
The Stock Horse and The Stable Cat (Signed Collector&
The Stock Horse and The Stable Cat (Signed Collector&
Stoicism book for kids
The Stock Horse and The Stable Cat (Signed Collector&
The Stock Horse and The Stable Cat (Signed Collector&
The Stock Horse and The Stable Cat (Signed Collector's Edition)
The Stock Horse and The Stable Cat (Signed Collector's Edition)
The Stock Horse and The Stable Cat (Signed Collector's Edition)
Stoicism book for kids
The Stock Horse and The Stable Cat (Signed Collector's Edition)
The Stock Horse and The Stable Cat (Signed Collector's Edition)

The Stock Horse and The Stable Cat (Signed Collector's Edition)

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The Stock Horse and the Stable Cat (Signed Collector's Edition)

28 pages · Hardcover

Limited Edition Author-Signed Copy

“What if the secret to living a happier life was simply changing our attitude about the things we experience?”

The Stock Horse and the Stable Cat signed by Phil Van Treuren.

In this enchanting new take on an age-old Stoic idea, an unlikely friendship teaches a faithful stock horse and a wily stable cat to see the world through each other’s eyes. Along the way, they learn a valuable lesson: there’s good to be found in everything, if we only take the time to look for it.

An open copy of The Stock Horse and the Stable Cat showing a horse and cat beneath an autumn tree, with two book covers behind it.

This much-loved classic from author Phil Van Treuren and Stoic Simple Press has been purchased and enjoyed by tens of thousands of happy readers!

The Stock Horse and the Stable Cat tells the story of two friends who have very different opinions about what should be called “good” and “bad.” As they walk on the ranch together one autumn day, they realize that their own opinions of the world might not be the only way to see things.

Illustration from The Stock Horse and the Stable Cat of a horse and an orange cat looking across a field at sunset.

The lesson in The Stock Horse and the Stable Cat is reflected in a passage that Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote to himself nearly two thousand years ago:

“If we limited ‘good’ and ‘bad’ to our own actions, we’d have no call to challenge Fate, or to treat others as enemies.”

— Marcus Aurelius

The Van Treuren family, the family behind Stoic Simple.

Thanks for ordering from our little online store! Stoic Simple is a family-owned publisher, and we hope our books bring a little more perspective, courage and joy to everyday life.

The Van Treuren Family

Emma, Stella, Sophia, Phil, William & Sharon

  • 5 stars: 58 (91%)
  • 4 stars: 1 (2%)
  • 3 stars: 3 (5%)
  • 2 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 1 star: 2 (3%)
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Anonymous

Beautiful artwork, enjoyable lessons

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Jorge Rojas

My granddaughter loved it. Easy to read and understand and nice ilustrations.

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MJ

Lovely story its on a bathroom table for viewing

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winifred marshall

Nice message and beautiful illustrations

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Tim Scott

For my Horse Daughter! She loves it!!! Thanks…and Merry Christmas!

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Janet Debenedetti

Beautiful illustrations, and story.

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Dawn S.
A KEEPSAKE?

Beautiful pictures, but the story was short. A rather expensive book for a child.

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Linda

Love it, I'm crazy for horses n cats

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L'rae Hopkins
Small font

Small font. Nice artwork. Decent story, but not much content.

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Katy
Ok not the greatest

Pictures were great but the some of the last sentence on the page was repetitive except for the last page at the end of the book the sentence was different a little kid might enjoyed it

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Amazon Customer
Great little book!

It's a small book but story & artwork are beautiful

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BeachTass
Great book. Did not receive it after I purchased it.

Never received the book after purchasing it.

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❤️Koya
Short And Sweet Life Lessons

I love this book! It’s written for both children and adults. I highly recommend. It’s short and sweet with life lessons. It’s filled with beautiful illustrations. Very well made! ❤️Koya

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Laurel

I have not read the book yet, but it look very nice.

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Carol M. Eads
Wonderful book

I got this book because I just wrote a book and the book I got is written. Y me. Like this book was written by him

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L. J. Skena
Great story

Liked the story and the art work

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g.f.

Nice book

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Bill

Great story that you can apply to your life and change your mindset.

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rnjschmidt
Wasn't what I was expecting.

Book was more about them thinking differently about situations. Didn't give you any input as how they even got to be friends. I wasn't impressed. Didn't even give to my grand daughter.

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Melinda

Beautiful book showing how you can be friends and yet have different opinions

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Bonnie Leitch
Well written.

Good quality pictures. Interesting book.

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Mark

Very nice book with an excellent message about accepting different perspectives from other people. The pictures in this book are fantastic! Looking forward to purchasing the other books available at Stoic Simple.

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carla

Beautiful

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Emilie
Sweet book for the horse loving kid

It's a gift for my daughter. And I'm know she's going to love it!Super cute picture

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L.G.

Great book

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Sudie

Loved it was a gift for my brother.

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Susan C. Herigstad
A great life lesson!

It was a sweet story of two different opinions about the same subjects. Actually a life lesson of two sides to every story.

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Lori

Love this book!!!! Perfect for teaching to agree to disagree!❤️

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Lisa

Great little book!

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Diane

Love this book got for my great granddaughter.

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Vicki

Please, create more content and art like this; it’s so uplifting!!

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J.M.

I'm so glad I bought this book. It's a beautiful story. My horse passed away last week after being my hero for 16 years. I'm glad I went inside this story. It made me understand how different we were in character, but we still knew each other at the end. 💕

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Sherri

Great book. My daughter will love it.

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Monique

Cute story. Beautifully illustrated. Great quality.