The Terrible Night

(Paperback)

Publishing Details

Classifications

Physical Properties

Description

Imaginative story about a creative cat and teacher and their adventures with words. It's parent/teacher night at school and Miss May sits alone in Room 28 looking out at the dark and stormy night. A beautiful cat comes to visit and together their imaginations run wild. They create all sorts of much worse scenarios than the terrible night outside. Full of wonderful words, references to much loved children's books, mad adventures and happy endings, The Terrible Night is a fun read for children and adults alike. Illustrarted on nearly every page with wonderful illustrations by Chris Grosz.

Author Bio

One of New Zealand's most highly regarded poets, having published a number of poetry collections of her own for both adults and children and edited several anthologies. With Harry Ricketts she wrote the critically acclaimed 99 Ways into New Zealand Poetry (2010), which was shortlisted for the NZ Post Book Awards 2011. She lives in west Auckland with her husband, the painter Michael Hight, and two daughters.