The Nocturnals Nighttime Animals: Awesome Features & Surprising Adaptations - by Tracey Hecht (Hardcover)

About the Book

"The Nocturnals characters--Dawn the Fox, Tobin the Pangolin, and Bismark the Sugar Glider--introduce you to the features and adaptations of Nighttime Animals in their world. Discover their awesome athletic abilities, sensational sense, powerful protections, and more!"--

Book Synopsis

Learn Fun Facts & Explore Awesome Nocturnal Animal Features with The Nocturnals!
Award-Winning Nonfiction Early Reader for Kids Ages 6-8 with Over 60 Full-Color Animal Photos.

"A worthy addition to school and public libraries" -School Library Journal

This nonfiction book uses fun facts and a narrative from the adventurous Nocturnals characters--Dawn the fox, Tobin the pangolin, and Bismark the sugar glider--to introduce nighttime animal features and their habitats.

Kids explore awesome athletic abilities, sensational senses, powerful protections, and more! Teachers use the book in life science units as a stand alone or with the companion fiction. Librarians use the nonfiction book during read aloud storytime with the companion fiction. Award Winner! Children's Book Council Teacher Favorites 2023

Inside The Book You'll Find:

Awesome animals from around the world: sugar gliders, pangolins, foxes, bats, snakes, possums, wombats, chinchillas, and kinkajous Animal Glossary with over 60 full-color photos Word Glossary to build STEM vocabulary At-Home Science Resources

Teach a Nonfiction Text Unit with Our Educator Guides in your Classroom or Library!

Nonfiction Interactive Read-Aloud Guide available on our website Can be used as a narrative read or browseable reference material. Book is aligned to NGSS & CCSS ELA

Educational Leveling:
Lexile: 740L
Fountas & Pinnell: R

Review Quotes

Exceptionally informative and fun, [the book] is especially recommended for family, elementary school, and community library Pets/Wildlife collections for children ages 6-8. -- "Midwest Book Review"

Join Bismark the sugar glider, Dawn the fox, and Tobin the pangolin as they introduce readers to bats, snakes, possums, wombats, kinkajous, and several other nighttime animals... kids will learn super interesting information about their habitats and features. Highly recommended as a resource about these fascinating animals.-- "Story Monsters Ink"

An introduction that includes Bismark the sugar glider, Dawn the red fox, and Tobin the pangolin helps to set the stage for anyone looking to learn more about these fascinating creatures...VERDICT: A worthy addition to school and public libraries.-- "School Library Journal"

About the Author

Tracey Hecht is a writer and the creative director of Fabled Films Press. She created The Nocturnals, the critically acclaimed middle-grade and early reader series. The American Booksellers Association chose her first book, The Mysterious Abductions, as a Kids' Indie Next List pick, and her nonfiction book Nighttime Animals: Awesome Features & Surprising Adaptations received the Children's Book Council Teacher Favorites Award in 2023. In partnership with the New York Public Library, she created a Read Aloud Writing Program that has since been conducted in hundreds of schools, libraries, and bookstores. She attends Bank Street College, where she is studying to receive a dual master's degree in childhood general education and special education. Tracey splits her time between New York City and Oquossoc, Maine.