It’s night and the dark is filled with strange sounds as Shane makes his way home. On a fence he finds a stray cat that at first growls and spits at him. But Shane talks and strokes the kitten to calmness, and decides to take the ‘Spitfire, Kitten Number One,’ home with him. No gang of boys, or avenue of dense traffic, or fierce dog can stop Shane carrying his new found friend to the place he calls home. Greg Rogers’ sensitive use of charcoal and pastel create Shane and his cat in splendid city-at-night time scenes.

Libby Hathorn (Author)Libby Hathorn is an Australian award-winning author and poet of more than 80 books for children and young people. Her picture books have been translated into several languages and adapted for stage and screen, and have won awards in Australia, United States, Great Britain and Holland. She is the recipient of The Lady Cutler Award 2020 for distinguished services to Australian children’s literature. Among other awards, Libby was recipient of a Centenary Medal 2003 for her work in children’s literature. In 1994, her picture book Way Home was the winner of the Kate Greenaway Award for illustrations by Greg Rogers.Gregory Rogers (Illustrator)Greg Rogers was born in 1957 in Brisbane, Australia. He studied Fine Art at the Queensland College of Art, and had his first major exhibition in 1983, the year in which he won the SGIO Art Award for photography. He illustrated his 1st book in 1988, and in 1994, he won the Kate Greenaway Medal for his illustrations for Way Home, by Libby Hathorn. Has won a number of awards for his pencil work, but likes to work with pastels, ink and watercolour too.