Handa's Noisy Night

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
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 03/19/2020
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.30h x 10.00w x 0.20d
ISBN13: 9781536211092
ISBN10: 1536211095
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | General
- Juvenile Fiction | Places | Africa

About the Author
Eileen Browne has written and illustrated many books for children, including Handa's Surprise and Handa's Hen. Before becoming an author, she worked as a schoolteacher and youth worker. Eileen Browne lives in Wiltshire, England.