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Among the Night People: Classic Stories of Nocturnal Animals
Paperback
AnimalsGeneral Juvenile Fiction
ISBN13: 9781604595031
Publisher: SMK Books
Published: Oct 14 2008
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.33
Height: 0.23 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Clara Dillingham Pierson's Among the Night People is a gentle collection of animal stories about the hidden life that begins when daylight fades. Raccoons, owls, bats, moths, mice, foxes, frogs, and other night-active creatures move through short tales that combine natural observation, quiet humour, and simple moral understanding. Pierson turns the darkness into a living world of sound, movement, instinct, danger, curiosity, and small discoveries, making nocturnal nature approachable for young readers.
The stories belong to Pierson's popular Among the People series, which used animal characters and closely observed natural detail to teach children attentiveness to the world around them. Rather than presenting nature as a set of facts to memorize, Among the Night People gives each creature a place in a larger community of woods, fields, water, weather, hunger, shelter, and survival. The result is a warm and readable nature storybook suited to family reading, classroom use, early independent readers, and children beginning to notice the lives of animals after sunset.
This SMK edition preserves a classic work of children's animal fiction and early nature writing. For readers interested in nocturnal animals, classic juvenile fiction, animal stories, nature study, read-aloud books, and the history of children's literature, Among the Night People offers a charming introduction to the creatures that wake, hunt, play, and work while most people sleep.
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