Doing a unit on nocturnal animals? You will want to take a look at Night Creatures: Animals That Swoop, Crawl, and Creep While You Sleep by Rebecca E. Hirsch and illustrated by Sonia Possentini (Millbrook Press ).
The book starts in a soft, lyrical settling-down-to-bedtime voice.
A cool night breeze
blows softly on your face
As night creatures wake…
Soon, your heart begins to race as bobcats leap, owls pounce, and rabbits run away. No worries, however, because the quiet descends again as night turns into day.
Young readers will enjoy Sonia Possentini’s marvelous illustrations. They use a pallet of blues, greens and black tree silhouettes to reflect nighttime, but also capture the warm hues of a bobcat’s coat or an owl’s feathers.
Night Creatures is a celebration of animals that are active when many people are sleeping. Slip into a copy and discover what you have been missing.
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