Welcome to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's (CBC) Searchable Best Books List, a tool designed to help educators, families, librarians, and others access developmentally appropriate and engaging books for young readers (ages birth - 18).
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Night Creatures: Animals that Swoop, Crawl, and Creep While You Sleep
Rebecca E. Hirsch
Illustrator: Sonia Possentini
Ages: 5 & Under
Published: 2021
Publisher: Millbrook/ Lerner
ISBN: 978-1-5415-8129-6
Keywords: crepuscular, nocturnal, diurnal animals
A mother and child camp out in the backyard; from dusk to dawn, the breathtakingly-illustrated world of nocturnal animals reveals itself. Lyrical text, informative end notes.