The Night Mother and Other Horrifying Verses

Per Gustavsson

When darkness falls, the house is filled with scary noises, and it’s best to stay awake. Could it be the Night Mother approaching, looking for small sleeping children?

In The Night Mother and Other Horrifying Verses, the rhymes are filled with horrors: monsters under the bed, a teddy bear that turns into a vampire, a deadly cold, a carnivorous flower that devours everything in its path, a rickety skeleton on the run…

The pages are eerily beautiful, and the book comes with a musical version of the horrifying verses, nominated for the Swedish Grammys in the category music for children (accessible via QR code at the end of the book).

Per Gustavsson is an illustrator and author. He has illustrated a number of books, both his own and for others. His work has been praised internationally, and in Sweden he has been nominated for the August Prize several times.

 

Books by Per Gustavsson