It Was a Dark and Stormy Night - Softcover
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night is an exciting picture book by the iconic British husband and wife picture book team Janet and Allan Ahlberg, creators of Peepo! Perfect as a bedtime story and for children learning to read!
It was a dark and stormy night, the rain came down in torrents, there were brigands on the mountains, and wolves, and the chief of the brigands said to Antonio, "I'm bored - tell us a story!"No one tells a better story than Antonio. His tale is full of action and absurdity, pirates, parrots and chocolate carnival cake, rubies, emeralds, diamonds of enormous size . . . and a Thingy. Antonio just makes it up as he goes along. And he begins "It was a dark and stormy night . . ."
'Janet and Allan Ahlberg are to children's books what Fred and Ginger were to dancing' - Guardian
Allan Ahlberg has published over 100 children's books and with his late wife Janet, created many award-winning children's picture books, including Chicken, Chips and Peas, Funnybones, Each Peach Pear Plum and the Kate Greenaway Medal winning The Jolly Postman.
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On a dark and stormy night, a small, brave boy named Antonio is kidnapped by brigands and carried off to their secret cave. Bored, the chief demands that Antonio tells a story, so he weaves an incredible tale of bears on beaches and bats in castles and the Thingy that lives in the moat, which enthralls his captors. But can he be clever enough to trick them and make his escape? A charming, witty yarn-within-a-yarn that will captivate children as much on bright, sunny days as on dark, stormy nights.
About the Author:
Allan Ahlberg, former teacher, postman, plumber's mate and gravedigger, is in the super-league of children's writers. He has published over a hundred children's books and is the author of the prize-winning Each Peach Pear Plum and The Jolly Postman. He has also written prize-winning fiction and poems for older readers. Allan lives in Bath.
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- PublisherPuffin
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0140545867
- ISBN 13 9780140545869
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorAhlberg Janet
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