The King Who banned the Dark by Emily Haworth-Booth.
This is rather a clever and unusual story which follows a King who was afraid of the dark as a child and decides to outlaw it.
It creates some ridiculously funny scenarios of what it would be like if the lights were kept on the whole time.
Children will be engaged by the light vs dark dilemma, however adults will be intrigued on another level by the political parodies, crowd manipulation, light inspectors and peoples rebellion elements that are cleverly woven through the story.
The illustrations have a wonderful roughly drawn quality and cleverly use a limited colour pallet.
Overall a great bedtime read and one that will appeal to both adults and kids.
