Cat and Dumpling Go Camping: An Unlikely Furry Friendship! Volume 3

The third in a charming new series by author Nicola Kent. Packed with beautiful full-color illustrations and a delightful story about best friends, Cat and Dumpling.

Cat and Dumpling are best friends, but they're very different. Cat is an impulsive dreamer who loves to knit, and Dumpling is a cautious planner who loves gardening. In these chapter books for early readers, the pair's far-fetched schemes and conflicting ideas wreak warm-hearted slapstick havoc, but always with a happy ending and a reassertion that despite their differences, Cat and Dumpling will always be the very best of friends.

In Cat and Dumpling Go Camping: An Unlikely Furry Friendship!​, Cat is itching for an exciting holiday. Dumpling thinks holidays need careful planning, and he can't just leave his garden when there are so many things to do. Following a clever solution to a mishap in the garden, Dumpling agrees to join Cat on a camping trip. But they run into a problem every step of the way! Will they ever make it to the campsite to have their holiday?

Author: Nicola Kent
Publisher: Oxford Children's
Published: 06/02/2026
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.29lbs
Size: 7.28h x 5.15w x 0.26d
ISBN13: 9781382075114
ISBN10: 1382075111
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Pets
- Juvenile Fiction | Travel

About the Author
Nicola Kent spent 10 years as a TV producer, making shows about subjects ranging from problem pets to priceless paintings. Then, after her children were born, she decided to follow her dream of becoming an author and illustrator of children's books. She went back to college to do an MA in Children's Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art. Her debut book, The Strongest Mum (Macmillan), was shortlisted for the World Illustration Awards in 2019 and she was awarded the Independent Booksellers' Best New Illustrator Award in 2019.