Sunset Switch

by Kathleen V. Kudlinski, Lindy Burnett (Illustrator)

The Sunset Switch reveals the moment when daytime animals go to sleep and nighttime animals take over. Perfect as either a bedtime story or a wake-up book, this gorgeous picture book shows how the animal world takes turns. It also gives readers an exciting glimpse into the night.

Genres: Picture Books, Nature, Animals, Science

32 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2005

About the author

Kathleen Kudlinski is the author of 40 children’s books. Her works range from picture books to the YA level and include natural history, biographies and historical novels.
When not writing, she is a popular speaker and writing instructor. Building on a BS in Biology and six years of classroom teaching experience, Kathleen later trained as a “Master Teaching Artist” with the Connecticut Commission on the Arts as well as presenting at regional and national conferences. Now she eagerly Skypes with classroom, book-, and home-school groups, world-wide.

In her spare time, she paints and leads several SCBWI (Society of Childrens Book Writers and Illustrators) critique groups, and teaches writing for children.

She writes at home beside a deep, wild lake in Guilford CT or at her woodland cabin in Weathersfield, VT with a a rescue macaw clinging to her shoulder and a pitbull warming her feet.

Reviews

[Matthew · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a strong piece of writing, great for covering the whole diurnal and nocturnal transition of wildlife. I was very impressed by this text. It doesn't beat you over the head with a multitude of facts about each animal. Instead it focuses almost exclusively on the time of day that they are active and vice versa. Good introductory science text.

[Karla Talbot · Rating 4 out of 5]

Use this with the study of nocturnal animals.