On a bitter winter night in the land of Judea, a beautiful golden cat is desperate to find a safe place to give birth to her kittens.

At last she finds a stable and takes shelter inside - with a man and his gentle wife, who, like the cat, is about to give birth...

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2001 by Pan Macmillan .

Robert Westall -Twice winner of the Carnegie Medal. -Winner of the Smarties Prize. Sophy Williams took a degree in graphic art at Kingston. Her first illustrated book, When Grandma Came, was runner-up for the Mother Goose Award.