Forest Bright, Forest Night (Sharing Nature With Children) (Sharing Nature with Children Books) [Paperback]

Jennifer Ward (Author), Jamichael Henterly (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Sharing Nature with Children Books

Someone is always awake in the forest--and someone else is always asleep! Some animals are alert in daytime and sleep at night. Others are alert at night, and are sleepyheads during the day. Plus be sure to count the animals.You FLIP THIS BOOK from day to night and back--a nice hands-on way to show the same view day and night. Teachers: this book is a very pleasant way to combine science and literature.
Please note: The board book edition is 28 pages. Unlike the paperback and hardback editions, it is not a flip-book, nor does it contain additional centerfold information about the animals.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 3–Using a rhythmic text and a turn-it-over format, this offering explores the concept that some forest animals are diurnal while others are nocturnal. The details of the lush, almost surreal, illustrations realistically convey the creatures' appearances and activities. The imaginative interpretation of the landscape and its inhabitants offers youngsters an unusual perspective of forest life. During daylight hours, they can observe deer splashing through a stream while an owl dozes in a nearby tree, snakes staring at sleeping foxes, and blue jays squawking as skunks snooze in a hollow log. After turning the book over to the forest night, readers see the deer bedded down while the owl searches for food, the foxes on the prowl as the snakes rest in a tangled bunch, and the skunks scurrying about while a jay sleeps with its head tucked beneath its wing. The strong artwork will hold children's interest as they search for all of the hidden animals. A fun introduction to nature.–Pamela K. Bomboy, Chesterfield County Public Schools, VA
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Review

"If you have ever wanted a great nature book for children, this is it..." -- Children's Literature, May 2005

Winner of the 2006 Learning Magazine Teacher's Choice Award for Best Children's Book --

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Dawn Pubns (March 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1584690674
• ISBN-13: 978-1584690672
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 9 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #137,162 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jennifer Ward is the author of numerous books for children and parents, each celebrating the wonders of nature, including Way Out in the Desert, Somewhere in the Ocean, Over in the Garden, The Seed and the Giant Saguaro, The Little Creek, Forest Bright/Forest Night, There Was a Coyote Who Swallowed a Flea, Because You Are My Baby, Way Up in the Arctic, I Love Dirt! 52 Activities to Help You and Your Kids Discover the Wonders of Nature, and the forthcoming titles The Busy Tree (Marshall Cavendish, 2009), Let's Go Outside! Outdoor Activities and Projects to Get You and Your Kids Closer to Nature (Shambhala 2009), There Was an Old Monkey Who Swallowed a Frog (Marshall Cavendish 2010), and There Was an Odd Princess Who Swallowed a Pea (Marshall Cavendish 2011).

Her award-winning titles have been featured in magazines such as Ranger Rick, Your Big Backyard, Learning Magazine, Martha Stewart's Real Simple and Foreword, and she has been featured on national television and radio.

Her books have also received many honors, including the Giverny Award for Best Children's Science Picture Book, the American Booksellers Association "Book Sense Pick of the Lists", a Learning Magazine "Teachers' Choice Award for Best Children's Picture Book", a "Parents' Choice Award", a Governor's First Grade Book Selection for the states of New Jersey and Arizona, and a Grand Canyon Reader's Award winner and honors recipient, among others.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Educational, creative book with warm interestingly unique pictures., October 11, 2006

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Cady Hayden "Children's Book Author" (Bergenfield, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Forest Bright, Forest Night (Sharing Nature With Children Book) (Sharing Nature with Children Books) (Hardcover)

This is a highly unique story that adults and children will both enjoy. Forest day depicts animals and their young in their habitats (while other animals that live and flourish in the forest night are sleeping in the same picture underneath) during the daylight hours for the first 11 pages of the book. The next pages compares forest day animals with others and gives factual information about them. The fun part about this book is that you have to turn the book upside down and around to read about forest night. The forest night animals are now awake and living in the moons light and the day time animals are sleeping underneath them. Utterly amazing illustrations with details of foot prints, younglings, nature and colors lead to a terrific story accompanied with rhyme, rhythm and fun words.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top notch, April 9, 2007

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Cynthia O'Hora (on a hill, Pa USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Forest Bright, Forest Night (Sharing Nature With Children Book) (Sharing Nature with Children Books) (Hardcover)

What a wonderful book. So much to explore in the beautiful illustrations. You read. You count. You learn. You spy out hidden animals and numbers. More than a storybook it is an engaging adventure. Gave it as a gift to a preschooler. Intend to give it to several more.

A must for every class library. Effectively integrates reading, math and science.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Grandma's Review, July 18, 2007

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Elaine F. Stoltzfus (PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Forest Bright, Forest Night (A Simple Nature Book) (Simply Nature Books) (Board book)

This book is excellent. I am a grandma who lives in the woods. I was tired of reading books to my grandchildren about farm animals. So I purchased every board book on forest animals that I could find on-line. Forest Bright, Forest Night is the best book of all my purchases.