A Sound in the Night
By (Author) Mara Coco
Illustrated by Mara Coco
Penguin Young Readers
Penguin Young Readers
18th November 2025
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Sporting stories
Relationships and families: advice and issues
Hardback
64
Width 203mm, Height 203mm
567g
A girl and her dog go on a camping adventure in this wordless tale of resilience and its sweet rewards. A girl and her dog go on a camping adventure in this wordless tale of resilience and its sweet rewards. A girl and her dog enjoy a camping adventure- flying their kite, swimming in the lake, and making s'mores by the fire. But when night falls, they suddenly hear a loud CRACK break through the dark silence. As the eerie sounds continue and a shadow starts to grow outside their tent, they decide to take a look... What could it be There's only one way to find out in this visual, wordless story from artist Maria Coco that's enriched with incredible suspense and charm that transcends words.
Maria Coco is a children's book author and illustrator from the north of Mexico. Although she graduated with a degree in graphic design and worked as a web designer for many years in Mexico City, New York, Santiago de Chile, and elsewhere, in 2017 she followed her heart and moved to England to focus on what she loves the most. In 2019 she graduated with distinction from the MA program in children's book illustration at Cambridge School of Art. Maria likes using limited colors for her bold characters and compositions and enjoys the handmade textures and unexpected results of traditional techniques such as screen-printing. Her stories are perfectly paced page-turners. Her main sources of inspiration come from nature, music, and cycling around the world. When she's not in her studio, she may be hiding in the forest in the company of her husband, daughter, and rescue dog.