Night Walk
By (Author) Jason Cockcroft
Illustrated by Jason Cockcroft
Walker Books Ltd
Walker Books Ltd
2nd October 2024
3rd October 2024
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Hardback
32
Width 220mm, Height 269mm, Spine 8mm
170g
A tender picture book about loss and remembrance set against the extraordinary beauty of the natural world, written and illustrated by the award-winning Jason Cockcroft.
Just before sunrise, a boy and his grandfather set off on Grandmas favourite walk to find Grandmas favourite place. Is it the stream with the leaping frogs and flashing trout The hidden hollow where the mother deer lives with her fawn No, Grandmas favourite place is where she watched the sunrise. The perfect place for her grandchild to remember her.
Born in New Zealand, Jason Cockcroft grew up in the north of England and studied illustration at Falmouth University. He has illustrated numerous picture books and fiction titles for all ages, most notably contributing the cover artwork for three of the original UK editions of the Harry Potter series. His debut fiction title We Were Wolves published in 2021 and was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal.