Handa's Noisy Night (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781536214895)

A cast of nocturnal creatures are the surprise stars in a funny tale about nighttime fears, set in southwest Kenya. The latest tale in the best-selling Handa series.

When Handa sleeps over at her friend Akeyo's house, she hears lots of strange sounds in the night: snorts, chattering, rattling, squeaks, slurps, wails, a big thud. Akeyo says it's just her family, laughing, talking, playing music, riding a bike, drinking their bedtime milk. Or maybe the baby crying. Or a door slamming. But is she right? Young readers will be happy to be in on the joke as a sequence of animals pay a visit on the facing pages: a pig, fox, porcupine, bat, pangolin, bush baby, owl, and woodpecker. Illustrated in luminous colors, Eileen Brown's humorous take on things that go bump in the night includes endpapers picturing and naming all the nocturnal creatures.

Author: Eileen Browne
ISBN-10: 1536214892
ISBN-13: 9781536214895
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 04/09/2020
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 10.60h x 8.50w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001