Washoe County Library System

At age four, Molly Shannon's world was shattered when she lost her mother, baby sister, and cousin in a car accident with her father at the wheel. Held together by her tender and complicated relationship with her grieving father, Molly was raised in a permissive household where her gift for improvising and role-playing blossomed alongside the fearlessness that would lead her to become a celebrated actress. From there, Molly ventured into the wider...

Introduces readers to the concepts of day and night, describing the changes in the sky, and the effects on various plants and animals across the planet.

Rhyming text depicts a mother preparing her child for bed by telling her about the different animals that live nearby and their nighttime activities.

Three friends play in a garden before bedtime, each one imagining herself a different animal.

An African sea goddess brings the gift of night to the land of daylight, thus permitting rest for the workers under Brazil's hot sun.

Fox is up late in the night. There are shadows and noises everywhere. Fox is sure the night is full of monsters! Then he meets the real creatures of the night and realizes they are not so scary after all. Carefully crafted using basic language, word repetition, sight words, and whimsical illustrations, Fox at Night is ideal for sharing with your emergent reader. The active, engaging My First I Can Read stories have appealing plots and lovable characters,...