Jean Craighead George's Morning, Noon, and Night

by Jean Craighead George, Wendell Minor (Illustrator)

Celebrate the cycle of the day, as the earth turnes to and then away from the sun, and meet a wide array of animals from America's east coast to the west as they work and rest, eat and play, just as humans do. Jean Craighead George's lyrical greeting to the day becomes a sweeping panorama of the American countryside with Wendell Minor's evocative, dramatic paintings. Good morning, the dawn,
when the earth is turning from night to day
and waking begins. Newbery Medalist Jean Craighead George's lyric greeting to the day celebrates how the earth turns to and then away from the sun. Starting at dawn on the East Coast, then moving to afternoon in the Midwest, and finally evening in the West, young readers will meet a wide array of animals at work, rest, and play as the day progresses across America. With evocative, dramatic paintings by distinguished artist Wendell Minor, this stunning picture book provides a sweeping panorama of the American countryside as well as a remarkable look at how an animal's day parallels our own. 00 Kansas Bill Martin, Jr. Picture Book Award Masterlist

Genres: Picture Books, Animals, Childrens, Poetry, Nonfiction

32 pages, Hardcover

Published May 5, 1999

About the author

Jean Craighead George wrote over eighty popular books for young adults, including the Newbery Medal-winning Julie of the Wolves and the Newbery Honor book My Side of the Mountain. Most of her books deal with topics related to the environment and the natural world. While she mostly wrote children's fiction, she also wrote at least two guides to cooking with wild foods, and an autobiography, Journey Inward.

The mother of three children, (Twig C. George, Craig, and T. Luke George) Jean George was a grandmother who joyfully read to her grandchildren since the time they were born. Over the years Jean George kept one hundred and seventy-three pets, not including dogs and cats, in her home in Chappaqua, New York. "Most of these wild animals depart in autumn when the sun changes their behaviour and they feel the urge to migrate or go off alone. While they are with us, however, they become characters in my books, articles, and stories."

Reviews

[Victoria Drob · Rating 5 out of 5]

Deanna, 5yo: I like how the birds are singing. I like how a baby owl is called an owlet. I liked finding out that eagles go hunting. I liked how the deer look in this book.

[Frances · Rating 4 out of 5]

1. This book has wonderful pictures.
2. Great vocabulary to introduce to children new animals such as antelopes, bisons,marpie preens ect...
3. Great resouce for teaching time duration..... night,morning and noon.





Extended Learning Activity

To classify newly learned animals by graphing them into categories.
land and water. The teacher will create a large graph. clored pictures of anmails will be created from the story we will classify each of the newly learned animals by choosing either land or water habitation.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Here's an older book discovered in our library, that I believe, if you can find a copy, would make a beautiful mentor text for children. It has clear, basic and beautiful language showing the day from morning until night. It's written by wonderful Jean Craighead George who makes facts seem like poetry, and illustrated by Wendell Minor, whose paintings always inspire. One beautiful page: "Good evening, the evening,/when the earth has turned from light to dusk/and vesper begins." The painting is the ending sunset with bats in flight-gorgeous.

[Amy Layton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Through its chronological daytime narrative, this book teaches its readers what sorts of animals exist in the wild and what they do at certain times of day.  Are they more active in the daytime or at night?  When might they forage for food?  Care for their families?  And with the addition of realistic illustrations, Morning, Noon, and Night truly becomes a sweet, but educational book, perfect for a classroom or for the child who loves the outdoors.  Great for grades 1-3.

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[Kelci Cox-Griswold · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book goes over what time of the day morning, noon, evening, and night occurs. It tells what different animals do at the different times of the day. This is a cute book. The illustrations are really great. This book would be good to use whenever you are teaching kids how to tell time.

[Diane · Rating 5 out of 5]

A lyrical book celebrating the cycle of the day with gorgeous illustrations. As the earth turns, the animals respond.

Endnotes describe the different animals in the illustrations and the location surrounding them.

[ThePinkCarrot · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very nice wild animal illustrations

[Alvana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful pictures!

[Beverly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gorgeous paintings; lyrical text.

[Ginnie · Rating 3 out of 5]

gift from Sue

[Kelly Chester · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a cute book the art work was amazing