The Elephant that Ate the Night

A beautifully illustrated story about animals who don't like the dark and an elephant who doesn't eat grass or bananas but who loves to swallow dark nights. This is a very funny story that will appeal both to young children and to the adults who have to read it again and again. The perfect bed time story.

Engaging illustrations, bristling with humour by prizewinning Chinese illustrator, a story about what happens in the animal kingdom when night disappears and sleep too is banished. Awu the elephant swallows the night but then none of the animals can sleep. The perfect bed time story for those who don't like the dark.The perfect bed-time story for all those who hate the dark. Zhazha the porcupine and Duoduo the bear cub live in the DARK MUSHROOM FOREST. They are scared of the night. Awu the elephant arrives in the forest. Awu loves to eat darkness.He sucks it right up his trunk. 'It's yummier than bananas, crunchier than bamboo,' says Awu.'And it's got my name on it.' But when there's no darkness left lurking anywhere, everyone starts to yawn. Even the tigers lose their roars and the Dark Mushroom Forest becomes an annoying, yawning place. -A gorgeous picture book. The story and illustrations perfectly match and are quirky and charming. Feels like a classic! This book has SOUL! Sophie Anderson, The House with Chicken Legs -"This is a lovely bedtime story, full of beautiful images and reassuring thoughts, to send children happily off to sleep." - Parents in Touch