night

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night

Night driving

1996
As father and son drive into the night, they watch the sunset, talk about baseball, sing cowboy songs, and even change a flat tire before pitching camp at daybreak.

Just dessert

1996
While sneaking to the kitchen at midnight to get the last piece of Super Yellow Cake with Fudge Frosting, young Patsy is frightened by a series of household objects and sounds made monstrous by her imagination.

Scare yourself to sleep

1988
Two cousins spending the night in a tent in the dark back yard succeed in scaring each other, with a little help from brother Simon.

The flat man

1988
A boy lying in bed at night has fun scaring himself by imagining the noises he hears are coming from the Flat Man, who is creeping up to get in bed with him.

The magic wood

a poem
1992
A mysterious man befriends an unwitting visitor in a nighttime wood filled with hidden danger.

After dark

1975
Discusses the sights and sounds that night brings to a child's home.

Duncan's tree house

1993
Duncan experiences the worst night of his life when he decides to stay overnight in his new tree house.

Wind says good night

1993
A child can't go to sleep until night wind sets events in motion affecting cloud, earth, moon, moth, frog, cricket, and mockingbird; and quiet comes to the night.

Creatures of the night

2004
Presents two stories by Neil Gaiman in graphic novel form, including "The Price," in which the owners of a rural home become concerned when the beguiling black cat that has taken up residence at their house comes under attack; and "The Daughter of Owls," in which rumors of a convent child's incredible beauty causes tragedy in neighboring villages.

All on a sleepy night

2002
A small boy sleeps in his grandparent's bed, his dreams full of the sounds that carry on all through the night.

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