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Product Identifiers

PublisherTilbury House Publishers

ISBN-100884485617

ISBN-139780884485612

eBay Product ID (ePID)242556916

Product Key Features

Book TitleWorld Never Sleeps (Tilbury House Nature Book)

Number of Pages36 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2018

TopicAnimals / Insects, Spiders, Etc., Science & Nature / Environmental Science & Ecosystems, Animals / Nocturnal

IllustratorSchwartz, Carol, Yes

GenreJuvenile Nonfiction

AuthorNatalie Rompella

Book SeriesTilbury House Nature Book Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight16.7 Oz

Item Length1 in

Item Width0.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN2018-936802

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"The World Never Sleeps is a children's picture book that depicts the fascinating lives of insects and other creatures, who remain busy even after the sun sets. From hardworking, web-weaving spiders to skittering cockroaches and mayflies who often live for only one day as an adult, these tiny lives form an intricate part of the environmental balance - and the world never sleeps. Beautiful color illustrations and some supplementary information about common creatures round out this wonderful and educational book, perfect for reading aloud to children right before bedtime." - Midwest Review of Books, The World Never Sleeps is a children's picture book that depicts the fascinating lives of insects and other creatures, who remain busy even after the sun sets. From hardworking, web-weaving spiders to skittering cockroaches and mayflies who often live for only one day as an adult, these tiny lives form an intricate part of the environmental balance - and the world never sleeps. Beautiful color illustrations and some supplementary information about common creatures round out this wonderful and educational book, perfect for reading aloud to children right before bedtime.

Grade FromPreschool

Series Volume Number0

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Dewey Decimal591.5/18

Grade ToThird Grade

SynopsisThis nonfiction picture book reveals the hidden lives of insects and other small creatures from one midnight to the next. The world may appear to be sleeping in the dead of night, but it is not. As moonflowers open and stars shine, nature goes about her business. The world never sleeps. Natalie Rompella's lyrical text is vividly complemented by Carol Schwartz's watercolors. A cat roams through the illustrations--silent witness, in the house and in the yard, to the myriad lives of night and day. A sense of mystery pervades all--even the backmatter natural-history portraits of the animals met in the book. This nature book invites children into a parallel universe, one that teems with life while they sleep. Lexile Level 700; F&P Level O, Midnight. Stars speckle the darkness with bits of light. A cockroach skitters across the kitchen floor to snatch a forgotten breadcrumb. In the backyard, a spider weaves an intricate design on the fence. Winged insects dance and flicker in the porch light. Day and night, small creatures are busy working, eating, hunting, hiding., Reveals the hidden life of animals and other creatures from one midnight to the next, highlighting the nighttime adventures of crickets, tadpoles, lightning bugs, and earthworms., This nonfiction picture book reveals the hidden lives of insects and other small creatures from one midnight to the next. The world may appear to be sleeping in the dead of night, but it is not. As moonflowers open and stars shine, nature goes about her business. The world never sleeps. Natalie Rompella's lyrical text is vividly complemented by Carol Schwartz's watercolors. A cat roams through the illustrations-silent witness, in the house and in the yard, to the myriad lives of night and day. A sense of mystery pervades all-even the backmatter natural-history portraits of the animals met in the book. This nature book invites children into a parallel universe, one that teems with life while they sleep. Lexile Level 700; F&P Level O

LC Classification NumberQL755.5.R65 2018