A contemporary fairytale about overcoming, fear. There was once a boy who had a cloth of dreams. His grandmother made it for him when he was born to keep the dark night things away. But one day he tripped on it and tore it, and through the holes a chain of nightmares came -a frightful hag chased him, a huge fish swallowed him...He asks his grandmother to mend the cloth. She tells him he must climb a dark staircase to the roof and fetch threads from the sun and the moon. Plucking up his courage, the boy does just that, overcoming his fear. Jenny Koralek is the author of "Going Out with Hatty", "The Cobweb Curtain" and 'Hannukah". James Mayhew has illustrated "Dare You!" and "Koshka's Tales - Stories For Russia".

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 1995 by Walker Books Ltd .

James Mayhew is an award-winning author and illustrator of children's books. Jenny Koralek was born in South Africa and educated in England and France. She is the author of a number of books for children, including The Boy and the Cloth of Dreams. She is married with three children and grandchildren. Mandy Sutcliffe took a degree in Illustration at Leeds Metropolitan University. It was during a three-month stay in Paris that she first started to paint pictures of children. Night Ride to Nanna's is her first book.