Name that children's book...

December 8, 2016 1:18 AM

In the 1980s I had a book about a little boy in Australia who sneaks out of bed in the middle of the night and goes exploring. He encounters several Australian animals, and makes it back to bed by the end of the book. The illustrations were in pencil and were of the realistic rather than cartoonish persuasion. The boy is completely naked throughout the book, and the whole thing has a quite eerie feeling. It may have been written in rhyme. What was it called?
posted by matthew.alexander to Writing & Language (4 answers total)

Response by poster: Oh, and I think his name was Jack!
posted by matthew.alexander at 1:18 AM on December 8, 2016

sounds a bit like In the Night Kitchen
posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 2:36 AM on December 8, 2016

Best answer: Jack in the Bush by Barbara Giles
posted by Redstart at 6:03 AM on December 8, 2016 [2 favorites]

Response by poster: YES!! That's it! Thank you so much, I can stop my frantic googling now!
posted by matthew.alexander at 7:15 AM on December 8, 2016