What Lurks in the Dark?

Name: What Lurks in the Dark?
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SKU: 9781777791827
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By Kelly Ward-Wills

Series: Yikes! Discovery Series

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Summary

What Lurks in the Dark? introduces young children to fascinating creatures that come alive at night. Filled with simple, engaging facts and vivid full-colour illustrations, this board book encourages early exploration and curiosity about the natural world after dark. From real animals like the pangolin to imaginative beings like the flying spaghetti monster, it opens up a mysterious nighttime world for little eyes and hands.
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Mysterious creatures roam the earth in the dark of night. Each animal has a unique ability Some use heightened senses to make their way in the night and some use the dark to their advantage. Let's see what lurks in the dark!

Mysterious creatures roam the earth in the dark of night. Let's see what lurks in the dark!

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Age range 0 to 3

Full of short, simple facts about creatures that lurk in the dark that will inform and delight babies, kids, and parents!

Mysterious creatures roam the earth in the dark of night. Each animal has a unique ability. Some use heightened senses to make their way in the night, and some use the dark to their advantage. What Lurks in the Dark? brings these creatures, rarely seen in the light of day, to full-colour life for little eyes and little hands, so that exploring our landscapes at night can begin at even the earliest age.

From the pangolin to the flying spaghetti monster, this beautifully illustrated, full-colour non-fiction board book reveals the hidden world in the deepest depths. Part of Eye of Newt's Yikes! Discovery series, it aims to spark an early curiosity for the wonderful animals we share the planet with.

Series: Yikes! Discovery Series

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What Lurks in the Dark?

Age range 0 to 3 Full of short, simple facts about creatures that lurk in the dark that will inform and delight babies, kids, and parents! Mysterious creatures roam the earth in the dark of night. Each animal has a unique ability. Some use heightened senses to make their way in the night, and some use the dark to their...

By Kelly Ward-Wills

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781777791827

Publisher: Eye of Newt Books

Format: Board book

Date Published: 06 June 2023

Country: Canada

Imprint: Eye of Newt Books

Illustration: Illustrations, color

Contributors:

Illustrated by Steve James

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 203.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 500g

Pages: 24

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Children's Board Books Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Kelly Ward-Wills Series: Yikes! Discovery Series

About the Author

Kelly Ward-Wills is a writer and children's book editor. Her fiction, poetry, and journalism have appeared in various publications across Canada. Her short fiction has won the Lush Triumphant Award for Fiction and appeared in The Journey Prize Stories: The Best of Canada's New Writers. She is the author of one collection of short stories, Keep it Beautiful as well asWhat Dwells in the Deep? the first bookin the Yikes! series. She lives in Toronto with her husband and daughter.

Steve James is originally from a small village in North Yorkshire, but he now lives on the outskirts of the vibrant city of Leeds with his partner and their daughter. There are lots of arty folk in Steve's family, so it was only natural that he should have a love for drawing from a young age, taking his early influence from the Beano and Dandy comics to Warner Brothers and Disney cartoons. When Steven isn't illustrating, he likes to see live music, watch films, play video games, take walks in the countryside and play guitar.

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