Where Are the Night Animals?

Did you know that a barn owl has one ear higher than the other? This helps it find squeaking mice that humans can't hear. Baby opossum hang on to their mother's fur for safety. Read and find out more about what nocturnal animals do as we sleep.

Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children 2000 — selected by Natn'l Science Tchrs Assoc. & Child. Bk Cncl.

Describes various nocturnal animals and their nighttime activities, including the opossum, brown bat, and tree frog.

Did you know that a barn owl has one ear higher than the other? This helps it find squeaking mice that humans can't hear. Baby opossum hang on to their mother's fur for safety. Read and find out more about what nocturnal animals do as we sleep.

Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children 2000 — selected by Natn'l Science Tchrs Assoc. & Child. Bk Cncl.

Children's Literature

Kids who think the whole world shuts down when they go to bed will be intrigued and delighted by Night Animals. Author-illustrator Fraser works plenty of science and natural history into her creative nonfiction tale of what happens when the sun goes down. She shows how raccoons, bats, coyotes, skunks and other creatures live-and die-during the nighttime hours. Fraser also provides a page of learning activities relating to these nocturnal creatures. This interesting paperback is part of the "Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science" series, which comes in two stages: simple science concepts for preschoolers and kindergartners, and more challenging concepts for primary-grade children.

Mary Ann Fraser has illustrated over 50 books and written and illustrated seven books, among them In Search of the Grand Canyon, Ten Mile Day, and Forest Fire, including her Where Are the Night Animals? in the Let's Read & Find Out series, an Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children. Interested in nature since she was very young, she keeps ten turtles, a newt and a crayfish as pets. Ms. Fraser lives in Simi Valley, CA.