by EmmaChichesterClark (Illustrator), Charles Ashton (Author)
Where Ruth used to live there were lots of different animals - ducks and hens and geese and goats ...But in the new house there are only the family's seven cats - even the kittens have gone. It is very quiet and Ruth feels lonely. Then, out of the mist, comes the mysterious blue horse, with its amber eyes and glowing hooves; it seems to understand every word that Ruth says. But where does it come from and what does it want of her? Jet Smoke and Dragon Fire , Charles Ashton's first published novel, was shortlisted for both the 1992 Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the 1993 W H Smith Mindboggling Books Award. The first book in a trilogy, it was followed by Into the Spiral and The Shining Bridge . A fourth novel, Billy's Drift , is published in 1994. Emma Chichester Clark won the Mother Goose Award for her first book, Listen to This . She has since illustrated a number of children's books, including the Walker titles The Minstrel and the Dragon Pup ; Ragged Robin ; I Never Saw a Purple Cow and Good Night, Stella .
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 96
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Published: 13 Oct 1994
ISBN 10: 0744524741
ISBN 13: 9780744524741