Publication: Clever new children's book reveals its secrets under torchlight

Date
16 August 2013

Remember the days when reading under the duvet with your torch was the single most naughty thing you could do? Me to; I was an expert at bidding my mum goodnight, feigning a yawn, waiting the requisite couple of minutes as she padded down the landing and then getting stuck into whatever book was dominating my imagination at that time. Now Hat-trick Design and illustrator Rebecca Sutherland have created a book which plays on the illicit thrill of sub-bedclothes literary experiences, with monsters, magic tricks and mysteries which are only revealed by the light of a torch.

It’s a really nice idea and those behind it have clearly given their inner children free rein to create something weird and wonderful. What’s that, you’re after a punny title too? How does Hide & Eek grab you? Yeah thought so. Night mum…

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Hat-trick Design/Rebecca Sutherland: Hide & Eek

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Hat-trick Design/Rebecca Sutherland: Hide & Eek

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Hat-trick Design/Rebecca Sutherland: Hide & Eek

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Hat-trick Design/Rebecca Sutherland: Hide & Eek

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Hat-trick Design/Rebecca Sutherland: Hide & Eek

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Hat-trick Design/Rebecca Sutherland: Hide & Eek

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Hat-trick Design/Rebecca Sutherland: Hide & Eek

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Hat-trick Design/Rebecca Sutherland: Hide & Eek

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Rob joined It’s Nice That as Online Editor in July 2011 before becoming Editor-in-Chief and working across all editorial projects including itsnicethat.com, Printed Pages, Here and Nicer Tuesdays. Rob left It’s Nice That in June 2015.

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