It can be hard to find the ideal bedtime story for a child; something that will send them soundly to sleep without any potential for something unexpected to keep them up.

But two new stories from Vicky Alhadeff and Katherine Napper are perfect for young children as they tell the story of people working together to rescue the cutest kittens, both taken from real life experiences.

The first story, with illustrations from Anja Kolenko, tells the story of neglected kittens, Nimai and Syama, who must sleep outside until animal lover, Vicky, brings them into her warm, loving home to rescue them.

But the story does not end here. Instead, Alhadeff explains how the two kittens struggled to get used to their new home until, once they had settled in, they began to teach their owner about love and compassion.

In the second story is told from the point of view of Ninja, a tiny kitten who was, with her brother Samurai, dumped in a bag in Spain before being rescued by Cats of Las Alpujarras, a charity dedicated to helping stray and abandoned cats.

While the story has a sad ending, Katie, the story's human protagonist, brings hope to the life of the kittens and ultimately, Ninja is a happy cat when she is brought home to live with her new animal family.

Kolenko's illustrations, as with the first story, are part drawn and part photographed, with the real life kittens being featured alongside drawn images of people and places, and each story ends with a graphic page speaking about the importance of caring for animals, and the work of the charities mentioned.

As both Vicky and Katherine are speaking from their own experiences the stories show the truest form of humanity and kindness, and are excellent moral tales for children to take away and learn from, while the colourful pages help children to engage with these stories, especially as the illustrations are interspersed with real life photographs of the cats that make the book as a whole come to life.

Kitten Rescue Tales, with stories from Vicky Alhadeff and Katherine Napper, and illustrations from Anja Kolenko, is available online via the Generation 2050 project, which can be found here: https://www.generation2050project.org/kitten-rescue-tales