{ At Night by Margaret Peot - TLC Book Tour }

32 pages

Ages 4-8

 

The woods are busy at night while we sleep. Who is awake? And what are they up to?

What animals forage by night and sleep by day? This children’s picture book describes the nocturnal lives of nine common animals: foxes, porcupines, raccoons, skunks, opossums, bobcats, owls, mice, and rabbits. Join the animal parents guiding their children through the forest during the dark of night. The book includes information on the common names of the animal’s offspring (for example, a young fox is called a kit).

 

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Margaret Peot is an artist, writer, teacher and paints costumes for Broadway theater, as well as dance, ice shows and arena shows. She is the author/artist of twelve other books, including Inkblot: Drip, Splat and Squish Your Way to Creativity, which was awarded the Eureka! silver Medal for non-fiction children’s books. 

  

 

MY THOUGHTS:

What an absolutely wonderful little book for your kids.  I have to say, I love kid books, and still reach for them even at 47 years old.  

 

The illustrations are just adorable and it is written in a way that your little one can easily understand, matter of fact it is the perfect first reader book.

 

It focuses on the animals that we don't see much of during the day, and tells us what they do at night.  At the end of the book is a two page spread with the different animals featured, and some more information about them, like:

 

A baby fox, a baby skunk and a baby raccoon are all called kits.  I didn't even know that LOL

 

It also tells us what groups of these animals are called, so a group of bobcats are called a clowder, a group of porcupines are called a prickle, and a group of oppossums are called a passel.  

 

It is the sweetest read aloud bedtime story, or for any time of the day read.  Your kids are sure to love them.  I'll be passing mine along to my great niece Eva who is 3 and half years old.

 

If you want some neat activities to go along with the book, go on over to the author's website, and you can even print out some masks for a bobcat, great orned howl and raccoon.

Thank you to TLC Book Tours and Muddy Boots for the review copy.