Neighbour's Cat

Michael Rosen is one of the most popular authors for children; his bestselling titles published by Walker Books include We're Going on a Bear Hunt, A Great Big Cuddle and Michael Rosen’s Sad Book. A popular radio broadcaster, distinguished critic and academic, and multi-award-winning poet, in 2026 Michael won the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award for writing - the first UK winner in 16 years. Michael was appointed the Children's Laureate from 2007 to 2009, and is now Professor of Children's Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London.Alex Willmore is the bestselling author-illustrator of I DID see a Mammoth, winner of the 2024 Lollies Best Laugh Out Loud Picture book. After studying illustration at the North Wales School of Art and Design, Alex was winner of the FCGB 2020 award and finalist in the Oscar’s Book Prize for his illustrations to the picture book The Runaway Pea. His books have been translated into multiple languages.

The book that made Rosen’s name, We’re Going On a Bear Hunt, gave its protagonists an adventurous spirit, wading through rivers and swishy-swashing through grass in pursuit of a mysterious other. His latest flips that narrative on its head, with a feline foreigner encroaching on someone else’s territory, sampling every seat in search of comfort and complaining about the volume of the TV. When the cat goes upstairs, the narrator imagines all sorts of boorish behaviour: constructing a vast marble run, indulging in a bubble bath, even planning an escape from the attic to space with a horde of robot cats – all imaginatively illustrated by Alex Willmore.