Sounds After Dark

Sounds of Language Readers

by Bill Martin Jr.

A collection of folk tales, stories, poems, and songs each illustrated by a different artist.

288 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1970

About the author

Bill Martin, Jr. (1916-2004) was an elementary-school principal, teacher, writer, and poet. His more than 300 books, among them the bestselling classics Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See ; Polar Bear Polar Bear What Do You Hear ; Panda Bear Panda Bear What Do You See ; and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom , are a testament to his ability to speak directly to children. Martin held a doctoral degree in early childhood education. Born in Kansas, he worked as an elementary-school principal in Chicago before moving to New York City, where he worked in publishing, developing innovative reading programs for schools. After several years, he devoted himself full-time to writing his children's books. He lived in New York until 1993, when he moved to Texas. He lived in the east Texas woods, near the town of Commerce, until he passed away in 2004.

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Reviews

[Emmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was such a strange book! A weird compilation of various stories, poems, and other odds and ends. Some of the content was legitimately good, while other parts left me honestly scratching my head and wondering what the heck I was looking at. Seriously--there are some illustrations in here that are legit nightmare fuel. All the same, it was fun and worth the $3.00 I paid for it.

[bookishdoll · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of these stories were so horrifying xD