night

Describes the cycle of day and night, provides facts about the rotation of the Earth and how animals behave during different times of the day, and includes activities and a glossary.

The sounds of a summer night filled with nature include the drumming of bullfrogs, the singing of crickets, and the calling of katydids.

Excerpts from plays, novels, poetry - expressing that night is a rich darkness that reveals, questions, and promises.

Describes the sights and sounds of a quiet canoe journey down the river at dusk when the herons, owls, bats, and deers come out.

Anxious to try out his new camping gear, Christopher sleeps out alone on his first night in the country and almost regrets that he didn't wait for his father to come along.

Little Owl enjoys a lovely night in the forest visiting his friend the raccoon, listening to the frogs croak and the crickets chirp, and watching the fog that hovers overhead.

In the Night Parade children play and sing while their parents sleep.

A little girl makes a wish on a moonlit night and experiences a day that never ends, but she soon learns how constant daylight impacts the world around her and realizes that what she wished for is not what she really wants.

A little raccoon wants to see the night but his mother makes him wait until the full moon.

Despite the efforts of her island neighbors, a woman who is afraid of the dark stays awake all night and sleeps during the day, until a broken star helps her to see things differently.