Creatures of the Night

A fun variation to Project WILD’s activity “Animal Charades” is to focus on diurnal (active during the day) and nocturnal (active at night) animals. Extend this activity by researching various animals from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ “Biodiversity Aquatic Habitats of Iowa” CD-Rom. For copies or more information about this CD-Rom, contact the Aquatic Education Program.

Book List
Grades PreK-2
Behm, B.J. 1999. Daytime and Nighttime Animals. Gareth Stevens Audio.
Bender, L. 1989. Animals of the Night. Scholastic Library Publishing.
Bertolucci, C., A. Bartolozzi, and F. Milo. 2003. Animals by Day & Night. School Specialty Children's Publishing.
Brooks, S. 2005. Creatures of the Night. Purple Sky Publishing.
Cannon, J. 1993. Stellaluna. Harcourt Children's Books.
Carle, E. 1999. The Very Lonely Firefly. Penguin Young Readers Group.
Davies, V. 2004. Animals at Night. Thomson Gale.
Dondiego, B.L. and R. Vansant. 1997. Nocturnal Animals and Classroom Nights. McGraw-Hill Companies.
Earle, A. 1995. Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats. HarperTrophy.
Flanagan, A.K. 1996. Night Birds. Scholastic Library Publishing.
Fraser, M.A. 1999. Where Are the Night Animals? HarperCollins Children's Books.
Galvin, L.G. 1996. Armadillo at Riverside Road. Soundprints.
Gay, M.L. 2004. Stella, Princess of the Sky. Groundwood Books.
Gibbons, G. 2000. Bats. Holiday House.
Guidoux, V. 2006. By Day and By Night. Firefly Books, Limited.
Harwood, B. 2002. Woody Woodpecker: Amazing Animal Night Animals. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Hawes, J. 1991. Fireflies in the Night. HarperCollins Publishers.
Hirschi, R. 2000. When Night Comes. Boyds Mills Press.
Hosta, D. 2003. I Love the Night. Brown Dog Books.
Jeunesse, G. 1998. Night Creatures. Scholastic.
Johnston, T. 2000. Desert Song. Gibbs Smith.
Kaufmann, J. 1972. Bats in the Dark. HarperCollins Children's Books.
Kudlinski, K. 2005. The Sunset Switch. T&N Children's Publishing.
Lesser, C. 1984. Goodnight Circle. Harcourt.
Mabie, G. 1997. Picture Book of Night-Time Animals. Troll Communications L.L.C.
Meredith, S. 2003. Night Animals. Usborne Publishing Limited.
Milton, J. 1994. Bats and Other Animals of the Night. Random House, Incorporated.
Moncure, J.B. 1990. Night Animals: Wake up, Little Owl. Child's World, Incorporated.
Peters, S. 1993. Animals at Night. Troll Communications L.L.C.
Pizer, A. 2003. It's a Perfect Night. Macmillan UK.
Richardson, A.D. 2002. Owls: Flat-Faced Flyers. Coughlan Publishing.
Rose, D.L. 2003. One Nighttime Sea. Scholastic, Inc.
Scholastic Books. 1998. Night Creatures. Scholastic, Inc.
Shaw, N. 2003. Raccoon Tune. Holt, Henry Books for Young Readers.
Silver, D.M. 1994. One Very Small Square: Nighttime in My Backyard. W. H. Freeman Company.
Souci, D.S. 1990. North Country Night. Doubleday Publishing.
Tyers, J. 1996. When It Is Night and when It Is Day. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Walker, S.M. 1997. Opossum at Sycamore Road. Soundprints.
Ward, J. 2005. Forest Bright, Forest Night. Dawn Publications.
Weber, B. 2006. The Best Book of Night Time Animals. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Whitehouse, P. 2002. What's Awake 1 2 3. Heinemann.
Whitehouse, P. 2002. What's Awake ABC. Heinemann.

Grades 3-5
Barlowe, S. 2000. Learning about Nocturnal Creatures. Dover Publications.
Bash, B. 2004. Shadows of the Night. Sierra Club Books for Children.
Berger, M. 2001. How Do Bats See in the Dark?: Questions and Answers about Night Creatures. Scholastic, Inc.
Carwardine, M. 1989. Night Animals. Garrett Educational Corporation.
Craig, J. 1990. Amazing World of Night Creatures. Troll Communications L.L.C.
Green, J. 2001. Night Creatures. Scholastic, Inc.
Heinrichs, A.R. 2004. Fireflies. Coughlan Publishing.
Hickman, P. 1999. Night Book: Exploring Nature after Dark with Activities, Experiments and Information. Kids Can Press, Limited.
Hussain, I. 1999. Totally Amazing Night Animals. Random House Children's Books.
Jennings, T. 1991. Light and Dark. Scholastic Library Publishing.
Krautwurst, T. 2003. Night Science for Kids: Exploring the World After Dark. Sterling Publishing Company, Incorporated.
Liptak, K. 1989. Out in the Night. Rinehart P.
Loewer, J.P. 1998. Moonflower. Peachtree Publishers.
Penny, M. 1996. Night Creatures. Steck-Vaughn.
Pipe, J. 1998. Creatures of the Night. Millbrook Press, Inc.
Pope, J. 1993. Night Creatures. Troll Communications L.L.C.
Ray, S. 1993. Just Right for the Night. SRA/McGraw-Hill.
Rinard, J.E. 1977. Creatures of the Night. National Geographic Society.
Roberts, L.J. 2006. Arc of Light. Trafford Publishing.
Taylor, K. 1991. Hidden by Darkness. Dell Publishing.
Tunney, C. 1987. Midnight Animals. Random House Books for Young Readers.
Turner, M. 2004. Night Movers. Heinemann.
Whayne, S.S. 1993. Night Creatures. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.

Grades 6-8
Emory, J. 1994. Nightprowlers. Harcourt Children's Books.
Ganeri, A. 1993. Small Mammals. Scholastic Library Publishing.
Pope, J. 1992. Life in the Dark. Steck-Vaughn.
Wexo, J.B. 1995. Night Animals. Creative Company.