Sam Cat and Nat Rat by Shelley Davidow

Shelley Davidow is a South African native. She's lived in South Africa, Zimbabwe, England, Germany, Qatar, and the United States, and has worked as a waitress, researcher, teacher, lecturer, and mother, in that order, among other things. In 2002, she was shortlisted for the first Macmillan Writers Award for Africa, and she is the author of several books for children and young adults, including The Eye of the Moon (2007) and Water for Monique: Hop, Step, Jump (2001). Shelley is an Australian author.