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Desert Night Desert Day
The desert is an amazing place filled with secrets and surprises. Desert Night Desert Day brings the best of the desert out from the shadows with warm and enticing illustrations for kids to enjoy over and over.
Popular nature author Anthony D. Fredericks and artist Kenneth J. Spengler team up to bring the desert to life with lively verse and colorful illustrations.
Children and adults will have fun looking for the quail hidden in every illustration. The back of the book is packed with excellent infrmation about the fascinating creatures that call the desert home.
Popular nature author Anthony D. Fredericks and artist Kenneth J. Spengler team up to bring the desert to life with lively verse and colorful illustrations.
Children and adults will have fun looking for the quail hidden in every illustration. The back of the book is packed with excellent infrmation about the fascinating creatures that call the desert home.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published September 28, 2011
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November 24, 2024
A good nature book for children. Watched a reading of this book on Youtube.
August 19, 2018
Cute picture book about the desert creatures and things one would see during the dy and night. Figured out there is a hidden clue on each page which foretells what will be displayed on the following page. Nathan enjoyed looking for those clues.
February 7, 2023
This is a book that I've had my eye on for quite awhile, and I finally found it in a used bookstore. I felt so drawn to it, because I lived in Arizona for 5 years, close to the Sonoran Desert, and this book made me shiver!
The illustrations were absolutely incredibly and bright. The author also put in a hidden little quail hidden somewhere on each page. The book explained what the animals ate, where they slept and when, and who their friends and enemies were.
This would be a perfect book to introduce the desert to children, the animals in the desert and the different environment they live intern that which we live in.
The illustrations were absolutely incredibly and bright. The author also put in a hidden little quail hidden somewhere on each page. The book explained what the animals ate, where they slept and when, and who their friends and enemies were.
This would be a perfect book to introduce the desert to children, the animals in the desert and the different environment they live intern that which we live in.
August 12, 2023
08/12/23
This is a beautifully illustrated book with fun rhymes. It has a clever seek and find aspect to it. At the end there is a page with more info about each of the animals featured.
Michelle and Kyden had to go home today so the kids and I read this in anticipation of seeing The Colby’s in the Sonoran desert soon.
This is a beautifully illustrated book with fun rhymes. It has a clever seek and find aspect to it. At the end there is a page with more info about each of the animals featured.
Michelle and Kyden had to go home today so the kids and I read this in anticipation of seeing The Colby’s in the Sonoran desert soon.
March 24, 2020
The poetry is delightful and the illustrations colorful, including many hide and seek elements such as the quail in each illustration and clues to the next creature in the book. Nice page of Sonoran Desert animal facts or field notes as they are described on the last page.
December 31, 2020
Wonderful illustrations, fun rhyming text, and interesting info about each animal featured in the book. Love the added fun of searching for the animal from the previous page and the hint of what animal is coming up next--plus the little quail who pops up throughout the book.
October 22, 2018
Amazing illustrations, enjoyable text, - this one is a keeper!
August 20, 2020
love it! fun and perfect for my classroom desert unit
September 19, 2021
4.5* fantastic art, fun writing structure! Love the info about the animals in the back!
March 27, 2017
I am a Kenneth Spengler Disciple! I love his art work! The wording is great too but I love the illustrations! I love this series!
October 5, 2016
This colorful, adventurous yet informational read is full of rhyme. The characters are individually described in a playful way and the illustrations fall hand in hand with the text and beyond giving the setting the ability to yet tell another story about desert life.
The time changes from night into day showing the variety of life the desert holds. At night while we sleep the moon shines, shadows dance, stingers lash and tiny feet hop. As day comes the critters change, a new day begins and rodents hurry from slithering fury. Read and let the Desert be painted right before your eyes.
The time changes from night into day showing the variety of life the desert holds. At night while we sleep the moon shines, shadows dance, stingers lash and tiny feet hop. As day comes the critters change, a new day begins and rodents hurry from slithering fury. Read and let the Desert be painted right before your eyes.
December 13, 2013
I love the illustrations! I love hunting for the animals in the shadows and the quail on every page. I'm not so fond of the simple, four lined rhymed verses. I imagine they're just fine for really young children, but somehow they seem a little forced to me, they don't flow and they're very simple. The "field notes" in the back of the book are an excellent addition, I wouldn't even mind if they were ON the page they referred to.....Illustrations (5) Text (2) for a rating of 3.5.
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