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Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night
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Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night (2010) (edit title/settings)

by Joyce Sidman (Author), Rick Allen (Illustrator) (edit contributors)

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Come feel the cool and shadowed breeze, come smell your way among the trees, come touch rough bark and leathered leaves: Welcome to the night.   Welcome to the night, where mice stir and furry moths flutter. Where snails spiral into shells as orb spiders circle in silk. Where the... read more

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Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman Illustrations by Rick Allen Poems K-4
The book has beautiful poems about critters, insects, snails, spiders, porcupines, crickets, owls, bats, and the beautiful moon. It also includes facts after each poem.
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Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman Illustrations by Rick Allen Poems K-4
The book has beautiful poems about critters, insects, snails, spiders, porcupines, crickets, owls, bats, and the beautiful moon. It also includes facts after each poem.
The illustrations are of the night and are dark, detailed and breathtaking. The mood is informative and interesting. The setting is during the night in the forest.
Uses for the book: Teach about the nocturnal animals of the forest, use poems for vocabulary words

Characters/People edit see section history

  • Porcupette: First, I didn't know baby porcupines were called porcupette (a name perfect for a baby!). Second, I was not aware that porcupines were nocturnal.
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  • “Welcome to the night”

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Nighttime

First Sentence edit see section history

To all of you who crawl and creep, who buzz and chirp and hoot and peep, who wake at dusk and throw off sleep: Welcome to the night.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Welcome to the Night
Snail at Moonrise
Love Poem of the Primrose Moth
Dark Emperor
Oak After Dark
Night-spider's Advice
I Am a Baby Porcupette
Cricket Speaks
The Mushrooms Come
Ballad of the Wandering Eft
Bat Wraps Up
Moon's Lament
Glossary

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  • Ubi sunt: The name of a style of medieval poetry that laments the loss of heroic, beautiful things.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Joyce Sidman (Author)
  2. Rick Allen (Illustrator)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-0-547-15228-8
Page Count: 32

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  • Library of Congress: PS3569.I295D 2010
  • Dewey: 811.54

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