The Truck Cat

Ages 3 And Up, Grades P to 17

When you've left behind everything you know, how do you find your way home?

A story about immigration, identity, and why home is about people, not just places.

The Truck Cat is a story about cats and humans, immigration and identity, and homes lost and found.

With illustrations by multi-award-winning artist Danny Snell and words by acclaimed new writer Deborah Frenkel, The Truck Cat is the perfect book to inspire kindness and compassion in young children everywhere.

Some cats are house cats. Some are apartment cats.

Some cats live on farms. Some live in the city.

But Tinka is a truck cat. Tinka lives everywhere.

Along with his human, Yacoub, Tinka travels roads wide and narrow, near and distant. But no matter how much they travel, home feels very far away – for both of them. 

Yacoub drives his truck to make a living, learning the landscape of a new country along the way, and longing for connection. When Tinka and Yacoub are unexpectedly separated, they are determined to find their way back to each other – and, in doing so, might find more than they expected …

About the Author

Deborah Frenkel is an Australian writer of everything from books to billboards and even the words on the back of cereal boxes. Her writing for children includes picture books about nature, imagination, and different kinds of belonging.  Danny Snell lives in South Australia and has been working as an illustrator for over 20 years. He has illustrated over a dozen children’s picture books.