Publisher's synopsis
The day is ending, night is falling, and Nicholas’s cat won’t come down. High on the roof she licks her paws while Nicholas worries about her up there all alone. How can he coax her into the safe, warm house? She doesn’t even want to come down from the roof … or does she?
From the combined talents of Sonya Hartnett and Lucia Masciullo comes a tale of friendship and bravery, and the things we are capable of doing for those we treasure most.
Awards
- CBCA Book of the Year Awards • Honour Award • 2012 • Early Childhood
- Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards • Winner • 2012 • Young Children
- Prime Minister’s Literary Award • Shortlisted • 2012 • Children’s Fiction
Sonya Hartnett’s work has won numerous Australian and international literary prizes and has been published around the world. Uniquely, she is acclaimed for her stories for adults, young adults and children. Her accolades include the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (Of A Boy), The Age Book of the Year (Of A Boy), the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize (Thursday’s Child), the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year for both Older and Younger Readers (Forest, The Silver Donkey, The Ghost’s Child, The Midnight Zoo and The Children of the King), the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award (Surrender), shortlistings for the Miles Franklin Award (for both Of a Boy and Butterfly) and the CILP Carnegie Medal (The Midnight Zoo). Hartnett is also the first Australian recipient of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (2008).
Bio: Penguin Books Australia
Photo: Greg Bayer, courtesy of Penguin Books Australia
Born and bred in Livorno, Italy, Lucia currently lives on the Gold Coast, where she works as a freelance illustrator specialising in children’s books. Since her move to Australia in 2007 she has collaborated with Australian and English Publishers and has illustrated seventeen books, including Come Down Cat! (CBCA Honour Book and shortlisted in the Prime Minister Award, 2012) and the successful series Our Australian Girl.
Lucia likes to create whimsical characters and dynamic compositions and she works with traditional techniques, mixing watercolour, pencil and acrylic. Her most recent books are Together Always, by Edwina Wyatt and The Ballad of Henry Hoplingsea, by Julia Hubery.
Bio and photo: Hardie Grant Publishing
