Rigatoni is a pasta cat. He loves pasta, any kind of pasta: spaghetti, penne, fusilli, with pesto, in soup, in lasagne, any whichever way his owners, Ruth and Tina, will serve it. Then one day Ruth and Tina go away and leave George in charge. And the pasta is replaced with yucky cat food. Can Rigatoni find someone who understands what he really wants to eat?

Michael Rosen is one of the best-known figures in the children’s bookworld.He is renowned for his work as a poet, performer, broadcasterand scriptwriter. He visits schools with his one-man show to enthusechildren with his passion for books and poetry. In 2007 he was appointedChildren’s Laureate, a role which he held until 2009.While Laureate,he set up The Roald Dahl Funny Prize. He currently lives in London with his wife and children.