Publisher's Synopsis
An atmospheric prose-poem, shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal, about a child wandering out into the dark.;A little girl looks out at the cold snowy night, while her mother is busy at the kitchen stove. "What's out there?" she wonders. "Don't go!" a voice inside her warns. But curiosity prevails over fear, and she steps out into the snow towards the dark wood. Who knows what scary things await her there?;Susan Hill has written "Can It Be True?" (winner of the 1988 Smarties Book Prize 6-8 Category), "The Glass Angels", "I Won't Go There Again", "Septimus Honeydew", "Friends Next Door", "A Very Special Birthday", "King of Kings" and "The Christmas Collection". She has also compiled "The Walker Book of Ghost Stories".;Angela Barrett has been shortlisted three times for the Kurt Maschler Award, and has won the 1989 Smarties Book Prize 6-8 Category for "Can It Be True?", and the 1991 W.H.Smith Illustration Award for "The Hidden House". Her other titles include "The Snow Queen" and "The Walker Book of Ghost Stories". "Beware Beware" was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal.
