The Little Cat Baby - Tapa dura

This is a fantastical story about a man and a woman who visit Nurse Doodle's baby shop to choose a new baby. There's a pink baby and a robot baby and a flower-pot-throwing baby and a little cat baby. They choose the little cat baby and take her homebut she wanders off one harum scarum night and then follows an exciting adventure until she is reunited with her parents.

Fritz Wegner's beautiful black and white line and wash illustrations perfectly capture the magic and madness of this topsy turvy tale.

Allan Ahlberg, a former teacher, postman, plumber's mate and grave digger, is in the super-league of children's writers. He has published over 100 children's books and, with his late wife, Janet, created award winning books eg EACH PEACH PEAR PLUM and THE JOLLY POSTMAN - both winners of the Greenaway Medal. He has also written prize-winning poetry and fiction for older readers. Allan lives in Bath.

Fritz Wegner has illustrated numerous books for children, including all of Allan's poetry.