Fireflies at Midnight
by Marilyn Singer (Author) Ken Robbins (Illustrator)
A robin cheerfully greets the day at dawn.
A horse nibbles grass under the heat of the midday sun.
A rabbit stands still, disappearing into the grass at dusk.
As evening falls, a frog tells the world that he's the king of the pond.
During one summer day, these and other creatures tell their tales, celebrating their ordinary -- but extraordinary -- lives in verse. Young readers will be entranced by the many voices created by renowned poet Marilyn Singer. They will be encouraged to look more closely at the surprising world around them -- morning, noon, and night.
A horse nibbles grass under the heat of the midday sun.
A rabbit stands still, disappearing into the grass at dusk.
As evening falls, a frog tells the world that he's the king of the pond.
During one summer day, these and other creatures tell their tales, celebrating their ordinary -- but extraordinary -- lives in verse. Young readers will be entranced by the many voices created by renowned poet Marilyn Singer. They will be encouraged to look more closely at the surprising world around them -- morning, noon, and night.
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Publishers Weekly
In Fireflies at Midnight by Marilyn Singer, a summer day unfolds through the voices of various animals, from a robin at dawn ("Up cheerup I'm up/ Let me be first to greet the light"), to a bat ("I hear/ I see/ the night"), to a mole the following dawn ("In the beneath/ it is mole time/ the whole time"). Ken Robbins's photorealistic art brings each animal into an up-close, often soft focus. Copyright 2003 Publishers Weekly Used with permission.
School Library Journal
PreS-Gr 4-Brief poetic musings set throughout the course of a day capture the true nature of a variety of everyday creatures. The vividly realized photo treatments are at once hyperrealistic and dreamlike, reinforcing the feeling of moments frozen in time. Copyright 2004 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
Marilyn Singer
Marilyn Singer is the author of more than ninety books for young poeple, including Tallulah's Tutu and Mirror, Mirror. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her website at www.marilynsinger.net. LeUyen Pham is a New York Times best-selling illustrator who has created many books for children. She lives with her family in San Francisco, California. You can visit her online at www.leuyenpham.com.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780689824920
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publication date
April 20, 2003
Series
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BISAC categories
JNF042000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry | General
JNF003000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | General
JNF003000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | General
Library of Congress categories
Insects
Animals
American poetry
Children's poetry, American
Animals
American poetry
Children's poetry, American
