Night Animals is a delightful and hilarious story that features nocturnal animals who are scared of “night animals” until they finally learn that they are the night animals! We’ve also highlighted a go-along featured book, Flashlight, with this Mini Unit. Why two books? Flashlight (a wordless, illustration-driven picture book) provides the perfect pairing to continue the nighttime exploration. It takes the reader through a dark forest, highlighting night animals by a beam of light from a little boy’s flashlight. Wordless books are great for pre-readers as they can study the pictures and practice adding their own narration!
Learn about John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt (Preserving Nature), idioms, tree bark illustrations, animal eyeshine, and much more from the lessons provided in this Mini Unit.
