The Boy and the Cloth of Dreams

by JamesMayhew (Illustrator), JennyKoralek (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1995

  $3.47

  A contemporary fairytale about overcoming, fear. There was once a boy who had a cloth of dreams. His grandmother made it for him when he was born to keep the dark night things away. But one day he tripped on it and tore it, and through the holes a chain of nightmares came -a frightful hag chased him, a huge fish swallowed him...He asks his grandmother to mend the cloth. She tells him he must climb a dark staircase to the roof and fetch threads from the sun and the moon. Plucking up his courage, the boy does just that, overcoming his fear. Jenny Koralek is the author of Going Out with Hatty , The Cobweb Curtain and 'Hannukah . James Mayhew has illustrated Dare You! and Koshka's Tales - Stories For Russia .

• Used

  Hardcover
  1994

  $12.62

  This contemporary fairytale tells the story of a boy and the cloth of dreams his grandmother made for him when he was born, to keep the dark night things away. But one day he trips on it and tears it, and through the holes a chain of nightmares come - a frightful hag chases him and a huge fish swallows him. He asks his grandmother to mend the cloth. She tells him he must climb a dark staircase to the roof and fetch threads from the sun and the moon. Plucking up his courage, the boy goes up the stairs and overcomes his fears. Jenny Koralek has also written Going Out With Hatty , The Cobweb Curtain and Hannukah . James Mayhew's other books include Dare You! and Koshka's Tales - Stories for Russia .