RAVE REVIEWS FOR NIGHT ANIMALS * "Truly remarkable illustrations clearly convey the book's raucous activity and feature beautifully rendered animals standing in sharp contrast to pitch black backgrounds This eye-catching, slapstick foray into the worrisome night will light up the room with smiles." - Booklist, starred review * "Every page is visually funny, with hilarious close. Night Animals Board book - Picture Book, September 5, 2017 by Gianna Marino (Author, Illustrator) 4.8 401 ratings Teachers' pick. Sarah Ann Juckes writes books for young people.
Her YA debut Outside (Penguin) was nominated for the Carnegie Medal Award 2020, shortlisted for Mslexia's Children's Novel Award, and longlisted for the Bath Novel Award. Her latest novel, The World Between Us will be published by Penguin in March 2021 and has already sold in three other territories (Germany, France and Italy). She works with.
Gouache-and-ink illustrations place the animals' antics in a smooth, two-dimensional black forest background with sparse, beige-gray birch trees. A giggle-inducing new gem for the night-fears bookshelf. (Picture book.
3-7). The Night Animals Paperback - January 1, 2025 by Sarah Ann Juckes (Author), Sharon King-Chai (Illustrator) 4.4 36 ratings See all formats and editions. about Sarah Ann Juckes' latest middle grade book, The Night Animals, featuring illustrations by Sharon King.
What Kind of Book is Night Animals Topics bedtime animals nocturnal animals the environment science and nature feeling scared opossums. Animals turn topsy-turvy in fear of things that go bump in the night. Nighttime can be scary, but Marino's black cover uses a supershiny silver title and a opossum with comically exaggerated trepidation on his face to assure that this story isn't spooky-at least, not for readers.
It sure spooks the splendid animal characters, who pose fabulously on the inside of the jacket next to. In The Night Animals, Jukes introduces the night animals immediately, at the beginning of the story, with the first animal, a fox, appearing. As the story unfolds Nora meets other night animals - what do they want and why are they only visible to Nora? Gianna finally landed a full-time freelance gig designing toys for children, but after several years in a corporate box with no windows, she left for good and began painting, illustrating and writing books for children.