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Language
English
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Description
Named for the twelfth night after Christmas, the end of the Christmas season, Twelfth Night plays with love and power. The Countess Olivia, a woman with her own household, attracts Duke (or Count) Orsino. Two other would-be suitors are her pretentious steward, Malvolio, and Sir Andrew Aguecheek.
6) Mother Night
Author
Language
English
Description
The baby animals go to sleep as Mother Night hushes the earth and then wake up to a new day.
10) The night eater
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
The Night Eater, who brings each new day by gobbling up the darkness, decides he is too fat and stops eating, with dire consequences.
15) The moonflower
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
A brief look at some of nature's nocturnal behavior including the blooming of the moonflower, how moths drink, how bats "see," and how vines climb.
17) So Sleepy Story
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
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Description
In the quiet of the night, a sleepy sleepy boy awakes to find the dishes, chairs, and clocks enjoying themselves.
19) The moon jumpers
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2012, c1959
Language
English
Description
Features simple text that describes a cool, moonlit night and a group of children who meet outside to dance in the grass and play tag while the wind blows gently around them.