Author: Joyce Sidman
Title: Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night
Illustrator: Rick Allen
Genre: Poetry
Subgenre: Picture Book/Informative
Theme: Nighttime is merely the beginning for some creatures.
Primary Characters: Raccoon, Snail, Moth, Beetle, Dark Emperor
Secondary Characters: None
Award/Date: Newbery Honor/2010
Publisher: Houghton Milton Books
Summary: This story's title says it all. Each poem is centered around night and the creatures within it. On the left page, there is a poem about the particular animal or insect the poet has selected. On the right page, there are details about the noctural creature and how it lives in the night.
How used: One use for this book is to teach students about poetry. This book is filled with multiple poems that say many different things that could be analyzed. This book could also be used to teach children about the science of nature. Many children tend to see day as awake time and night as sleeping time. However, this book will teach them that for some creatures, nighttime is when things have just begun. Since the book gives detailed scientific information on each page, this book would be great to use for Science.
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