The Nocturnals Explore Unique Adaptations of Nighttime Animals: Nonfiction Chapter Book Companion to the Mysterious Abductions - Hardcover
by Tracey Hecht (Author)
Explore Unique Nocturnal Animal Adaptations with Fun Facts from The Nocturnals!
This Middle Grade Nonfiction book is for Kids Ages 9-12 and has over 150 full-color animal photos.
- Kids discover the special adaptations that help nocturnal animals succeed in the dark and investigate conservation efforts. Teachers use the book in life science units as a stand alone or with the companion fiction. Librarians use the nonfiction book in STEAM Book Clubs with the companion fiction.
Inside The Book You'll Find:
- Animals from around the world: red foxes, pangolins, sugar gliders, bats, owls, coyotes, wombats, snakes, woylies, bandicoots, crocodiles, kiwis, tuataras, aye-ayes, jerboas, and more! Night Notes that explain unusual adaptations Nocturnal Feature Icon Key Animal Glossary with full-color photos Word Glossary to build STEM vocabulary At-Home Science Resources
Teach a Nonfiction Text Unit with Our Educator Guides in your Classroom or Library!
- Next Generation Science & Common Core Language Arts Guide available on our website. Can be used as a narrative read or browseable reference material. Book is aligned to NGSS & CCSS ELA
Educational Leveling:
Lexile: 930L
Fountas & Pinnell: S
Author Biography
Tracey Hecht is a writer and the creative director of Fabled Films Press. She created The Nocturnals, the critically acclaimed middle-grade and early reader series. The American Booksellers Association chose her first book, The Mysterious Abductions, as a Kids' Indie Next List pick, and her nonfiction book Nighttime Animals: Awesome Features & Surprising Adaptations received the Children's Book Council Teacher Favorites Award in 2023. In partnership with the New York Public Library, she created a Read Aloud Writing Program that has since been conducted in hundreds of schools, libraries, and bookstores. She attends Bank Street College, where she is studying to receive a dual master's degree in childhood general education and special education. Tracey splits her time between New York City and Oquossoc, Maine.