Late at night Kate wakes up to the meowing of a cat. Illustrations show Kate transforming herself into a cat as she joins the mysterious feline be neath the full moon. The pair climb a hill, where they meow and howl at the moon—which has become the face of a white cat. In a foldout page, the feline friends join the moon cat to fly through a sky full of dreams. The next morning when family members compare their dreams, Kate sim ply replies: “Meow.” David Almond won the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Award. chs, nlr

Originally published by Hodder Children’s Books Great Britain, in 2004.