night

A collection of poems with nocturnal themes.

Chapter titles: Perilous paths through the dark--Visitations from the realm of shadow--Blood feasts of the damned--The way of the werebeast.

Text and pictures portray the moods of a moonlit night; from the kinds of light that come from a city, airport, highway, backyard, bedroom, and the country; to the animals who sleep beneath the lights of the night.

When Bessie stays overnight at Clara's house, their fun includes a bedroom picnic and chocolate toothpaste.

An alphabet book presenting sights and sounds of the night and animals drifting off to sleep.

A young girl from the bayou is lulled to sleep by a menagerie of Cajun animals. Includes a glossary with Cajun pronunciation.

An illustrated collection of sixteen bedtime poems for children, including selections by Eugene Field, Carl Sandburg, Lilian Moore, and others.

Aje, the daughter of the river goddess Yemoya, leaves her shady home to marry the Earth chief Oduduwa, but seeing the bright sun hurts his wife's eyes, Oduduwa sends Hippopotamus and Crocodile to ask Yemoya for some Night, which she packs up and gives to them, but her warning to the couriers not to open the bag, proves to be too much of a temptation.

Explains why the Earth experiences day and night; looks at the sun's path across the sky, shadows, and the sky at night; and provides information about other related topics such as time zones, moon phases, and eclipses.

Two children catch fireflies on a summer night, putting them one by one into a jar until all ten are caught, and then they let them out to watch all ten fly away.