The Night Getter

Name: The Night Getter
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780241775271
Price: 21.0 NZD
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By Dylan Hewitt

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A bold new launch from an exciting new picture-book creator - graphic, hooky and instantly appealing. Meet Nox. He has a very important job - even if you've never heard of him. Every day, Nox travels alone into space to gather Night for everyone to enjoy... Read More

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The Night Getter

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Description

A bold new launch from an exciting new picture-book creator - graphic, hooky and instantly appealing.

Meet Nox. He has a very important job - even if you've never heard of him. Every day, Nox travels alone into space to gather Night for everyone to enjoy back down on Earth.

But when his spaceship breaks down on a mission, Nox is in a terrible pickle! No one will be able to go to sleep... and will he ever get home?

A bold new adventure from exciting author-illustrator, Dylan Hewitt.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241775271

Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 September 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Puffin

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 5.0mm

Width: 212.0mm

Height: 280.0mm

Weight: 100g

Pages: 32

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Dylan Hewitt Penguin Books

About the Author

Dylan Hewitt was born and raised in London, England, where he still lives today. He studied for his BA degree in graphic design at lofty Central St Martins. From here, he dived into a life of art direction in the advertising world developing campaigns in every media. Behind closed doors, he is busy creating children's books. His biggest takeaway from advertising has been that the idea is king, and he likes his ideas to have humour, charm, warmth and a spot of the surreal, just like him...

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