The Cat Who Walked Across France by Kate Banks

The Cat Who Walked Across France by Kate Banks

In lyrical prose and breathtaking images, Kate Banks and Georg Hallensleben take the reader on a journey across the Norman countryside, past ancient ruins, through bustling cities of France, to the sparkling ports of the Mediterranean Sea and a place the cat can call home.

The cat and the old woman have lived happily together for many years in the stone house by the sea. But when the old woman dies, the cat is packed up with her belongings and sent north to the village where she was born. Soon he is forgotten. He walks the streets aimlessly until, spurred by memories and a longing to return to the place he knows and loves, the cat embarks on a journey to find the home he was taken away from.

The Cat Who Walked Across France provides an unforgettable tour of western Europe.

Kate Banks and Georg Hallensleben have worked on several books, including the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award-winning And If the Moon Could Speak, The Cat Who Went Across France, Baboon, and Shut Your Eyes. Banks, her husband, and their two sons live in the south of France. Hallensleben currently resides in Paris.