One Stormy Night

Brown, Ruth

ISBN 10: 0862644151 / ISBN 13: 9780862644154

Published by Andersen Press Ltd, London, 1992

About this Item

No DJ as issued, corners lightly bumped with slight rub to fore corners and ding to spine. ; First edition, first printing with full number line,1992. Gloss pictorial boards, nice tight copy, no names inside, appears unread. Large book and priced accordingly. ; Colour Illustrations; 32 pages; Beautifully illustrated ghost story for children. On a stormy night a small white dog passes through an old country house and its out buildings. All the animals it meets along the way seem disturbed by this visitor, but as dawn breaks it returns to its home - at the feet of it's former owners, a statue on their tomb in the local church.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: One Stormy Night
• Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0862644151
• ISBN 13: 9780862644154
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Illustrated by Author
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

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Synopsis

A ghost story set on a blustery night. The statue of a dog comes to life and leaves its tomb in the old church to pass through a country house. All the animals are disturbed by this apparition until, finally, the storm ceases and the dog returns to its tomb. By the author of "The Grizzly Revenge".

From Publishers Weekly

Brown ( The Picnic ; Our Puppy's Vacation ) amply demonstrates her ability to craft a mood piece as she follows the arrival and passing of a country storm. In spare, suspenseful text and with rich full-spread paintings, Brown evokes a dog's-eye view of a darkly gothic setting, a looming stone manor assailed by howling winds. As the "iron gate creaks and the black cat hisses," a small white dog searches for shelter during the tempest-tossed night. Brown's realistic illustrations take on a narrative life of their own, capturing the sweeping landscape, the imposing estate and the uneasy animals in inky blacks and warm sepias. At the end, with the storm lifting just before dawn, Brown's palette shifts to violets and then to pale greens and yellows, counterpointing her final, agreeably shivery surprise: the little dog returns to its haven within a timeworn church--animated only by the singularly stormy night, the dog is better known as a stone figure on a carved tomb. Ages 4-6.
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