WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT

A cosy and reassuring picture book about finding warmth and connection in community from the award-winning creative team behind Ella and the Ocean.

The night was frosty dark but we were snug and cosy in the kitchen. Then SNAP! the lights went out and the dark came flooding in around us. A power failure turns into a family adventure on a cold night in winter. 'We are explorers in the night country,' said Mama. 'We can give piggybacks and sing brave songs,' said Dad. A reassuring story about navigating uncertainty from two award-winning creators. Lian Tanner is an a multi award-winning children's author and playwright. She is a master storyteller brilliant at vividly exciting fantasy adventure series including The Keepers, The Rogues, and The Hidden along with other MG and picture book titles. Her work is acclaimed, sold and loved around the world. www.liantanner.com.au Jonathan Bentley is the illustrator of over forty wonderful picture books (six of which he wrote), including Ella and the Ocean (Winner Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature, NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2020), Windows and The Second Sky by Patrick Guest (CBCA Shortlist 2018), Tales from a Tall Forest by Shaun Micallef, First Day by Andrew Daddo, Blue Sky Yellow Kite by Janet A Holmes, Mo & Crow by Jo Kasch and Where is Bear? www.jonathanbentleybooks.com