David Almond's first picture book for children explores transformation and magic...On a night rich with dreams, Kate wakes up and hears a cat. Spellbinding illustrations by Stephen Lambert combine with a brilliant text as Kate and the cat travel together through the starry night. 'Once, in a shining night, while the moon looked down and the stars glittered in the endless sky, and all the house was lost in dreams...the little girl woke and heard a cat. "Miaow," called the cat. "Miaow.'" David Almond is known for his subtle and intelligent imagination. This, his first picture book, demonstrates his briliance as a stoyteller - as he weaves together the dreams of Kate, the girl and her family...on a single night of magic.
Author Biography
David Almond is twice winner of the Whitbread Children's Book Award. His first novel, SKELLIG, won the Whitbread Children's Award and the Carnegie Medal.THE FIRE-EATERS won the Whitbread, the Smarties Gold Award and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. David is widely regarded as one of the most exciting and innovative children's authors writing today, and his books are bestsellers all over the world.
