A delightful story about the special bond between a boy and his cat, from the multi-award-winning team, Sonya Hartnett and Lucia Masciullo, celebrating friendship, courage and the value of those we love.
A delightful picture book from multi-award-winning author Sonya Hartnett and acclaimed illustrator Lucia Masciullo that celebrates friendship, courage and the value of those we love.
When Nicholas finds a silver coin in the garden, he tells his cat,
'I can buy liquorice with this!'
Nicholas loves liquorice more than almost anything.
'Stay home, cat,' he says, and sets out for the shop.
But as Nicholas walks down the street he hears a voice he knows . . .
'An understated, well-told tale about a small adventure that inspires big emotions.' Frances Atkinson, The Age, Best Picture Books to Delight Young Readers This Christmas
A delightful story about the special bond between a boy and his cat, from the multi-award-winning team, Sonya Hartnett and Lucia Masciullo, celebrating friendship, courage and the value of those we love.
A delightful picture book from multi-award-winning author Sonya Hartnett and acclaimed illustrator Lucia Masciullo that celebrates friendship, courage and the value of those we love.
When Nicholas finds a silver coin in the garden, he tells his cat,
'I can buy liquorice with this!'
Nicholas loves liquorice more than almost anything.
'Stay home, cat,' he says, and sets out for the shop.
But as Nicholas walks down the street he hears a voice he knows . . .
'An understated, well-told tale about a small adventure that inspires big emotions.' Frances Atkinson, The Age, Best Picture Books to Delight Young Readers This Christmas
Sonya Hartnett (Author)
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).
Golden Boys, Sonya's third novel for adults, was shortlisted for
the 2015 Miles Franklin Literary Award. She also published her
fourth picture book, Blue Flower, illustrated by Gabriel Evans, in
2021 and it was shortlisted for the CBCA Picture Book of the Year
Award.
Lucia Masciullo (Illustrator)
Lucia Masciullo grew up in Livorno, Tuscany. She moved to Australia
in 2007 and since then she has been happily working as an
illustrator. She has illustrated more than 30 books, among which
are the CBCA Honour Book and Prime Minister Award short-listed Come
Down, Cat! by Sonya Hartnett, as well as the Our Australian Girl
series, Meet Katie at the Beach by Rebecca Johnson in the Aussie
Kids series, and An A to Z of Dreaming Differently by Tracey Dembo.
She now lives on the Gold Coast.
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