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The Nocturnals: The Mysterious Abductions
By Tracey Hecht
In stores April 19, 2016
Ages 7-12
ABOUT THE BOOK
“We can be bold in adventure-“
“We can be brave in challenge-“
“We can be friends.”
The Nocturnals features three unlikely friends: Dawn, a serious fox, Tobin, a sweet pangolin and Bismark, the loud mouthed, pint sized sugar glider. The stories all play out in their nighttime world with teamwork, friendship and humor in every adventure.
In The Mysterious Abductions, the animals form a brigade of the night after a random encounter with a blood-thirsty snake, and just in time because something is threatening their night realm. Animals are disappearing without a trace. Together with the help of a wombat, a band of coyotes and many others, Dawn, Tobin and Bismark journey to the depths of the earth in a wacky, high stakes game that will determine all of their survival.
ABOUT THE CHARACTERS
Tobin the Pangolin
Tobin is a sweet, bumbling pangolin with a big appetite and a bigger heart. His short-legged, anteater-like body is covered in a tough layer of scales that fit together like the petals of an artichoke. When scared, which happens rather often, he releases a defensive odor from the scent glands on his rear end. His unconditional love for Bismark and Dawn is always enough to override his fear of the unknown, and he is fiercely loyal to his friends and the mission of helping others.
Bismark the Sugar Glider
Bismark is a self-centered romantic with an unrequited love for Dawn. As a sugar glider he is capable of using his arm flaps to glide through the forests, though not of true flight. He takes great pride in his many talents, including his fondness for inserting foreign phrases into conversations, and maintains that sugar gliders are a superior species. His grandiose opinion of himself is in no way compensation for his, eh-hem, rather diminutive size.
Dawn the Fox
Dawn is the fearless leader of the Nocturnal Brigade. With her wits, strength, and poise, she serves as the anchor to her more excitable companions. Her past is a painful subject, and she keeps her emotions under a lid—though this does not keep her from enjoying herself from time to time. Dawn will usually try and resolve conflicts with a stern look or common sense, but when push comes to shove, she will lead the attack.
ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM
Tracey Hecht, founder of Fabled Films, is a writer and entrepreneur who has written, directed and produced for film. Tracey has launched several start-ups including DoughNet, an online company promoting savings and social responsibility for kids. Fabled Films brings together her passions and interests: writing, creativity, teamwork, and entrepreneurship. When she isn’t writing and managing a business, she can be found hiking, reading or spending time with her family. Tracey currently splits her time between New York City and Oquossoc, Maine with her husband, four children and three pets—none of which are a sugar glider.
Kate Liebman is an artist who graduated from Yale University, contributes to the Brooklyn Rail, and has shown her work at multiple galleries. This is her first children’s book.
LEARN MORE
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WIN IT: (1) US winner will receive the book The Nocturnals: The Mysterious Abductions, The Nocturnals brigade cape & stuffed fox & $50 Amazon gift card
If you redeem your gift card via Smile.Amazon.com, then part of the proceeds will go to The Wildlife Alliance (or charity of your choice) to protect endangered animals – like the Nocturnal Pangolin!
Giveaway open to US addresses only.
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GIVEAWAY ENTRY:
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Lily Kwan says
The storyline looks very interesting!
Buddy Garrett says
She would enjoy reading about the animals.
Carole Spring says
My granddaughter would love the fact that the heroes of the book are animals.
Jerry Marquardt says
My nephew is into astronomy anyway, so he would love to learn about the moon phases the most. This is such a great feature.
latanya says
the pictures
Amy Z. says
I think my daughter would like reading about all the different animal characters.
Richard Hicks says
Kids would be fascinated with the nocturnal characters.
Sarah Mayer says
My nieces would enjoy learning about nocturnal animals.
Kathy Pease says
My daughters stepson would really like Bismark the Sugar Glider
bill norris says
The artwork rocks!!! I really wanna check this out.
Tammy Woodall says
My niece is a huge animal fan. She loves to read anything to do with animals. One of her favorites are foxes.
Tammy Woodall says
I checked out the Summer Camps at Galileo Summer Camps. I wished we had one in our area.
rosemary says
wow
Sarah L says
I think it’s fun to find out what animals are doing in the nighttime.
Thanks for the contest.
Linda G. says
My grandson would really enjoy reading this book.
Jaime Cummings says
I really like the genuine concern of the animals for one another. I love animals and this sounds like a great adventure!
allison bahr says
My daughter is always excited about animals. Thanks so much for the chances to win.
Laura says
My nieces would love this book because of all of the animals in it. They are huge animal lovers! 🙂
denise low says
My grandson would love this book because he loves all kinds of animals.
Samma Banana says
I absolutely love the fox! I may be of an age that collecting stuffed animals is given a raised eyebrow, but no shame here, only smiles!
Christina Moore says
I would love to read The Nocturnals: The Mysterious Abductions, thank you for a chance to win
HESTER MAYO says
My granddaughter would love all of the above!
Bridget Calfee says
My son would just love to read this book. He loves to read
Priscilla S. says
My nephew loves to read and is a big animal lover.
Christina G. says
What I think my daughter would like about this book is the humor and the animals-come-to-life aspect. Thanks for the giveaway!
Cynthia Mercado says
My son loves to read and add in nocturnal animals it is a hit.
Priscilla G says
My son would enjoy the wildlife. He loves foxes
Crystal F says
I think my daughter would enjoy reading about the sugar glider. Thank you!!
Meg says
We’re all huge animal fans here! We’d love to read this book!
chris z says
the book looks really interesting
Wehaf says
I love that this book features less well known animals. I love pangolins and my nieces is a big fan of sugar gliders.
Megan says
My niece loves animals, especially foxes!
Michelle Bartley says
This book looks fascinating for all ages!
The Char says
It has to be the animals!
The Char says
They would love the animals.
Amy Bo says
We love that it is all about nocturnal animals – learning about them in school so bringing the fun home!
Ty says
My daughter would love the fact that proceeds will go to The Wildlife Alliance.
Amy Deeter says
My child loves to read about animals
Debbi Wellenstein says
The book has an engaging cast of characters that I’m sure my children will love!
Janet Woodling says
Books are awesome and a special way to end the day.
tiffany c (@sweetmatcha) says
This book sounds so much fun to read together! We just watched Zootopia so this book has a similar story line where the animals are all disappearing, it’s got us really curious as to what is really happening to the animals 🙂 My daughters love to read and they love animals, so this would be perfect for them, thanks for the chance!
Lisa says
I think the photos are really unique and cool.
Cynthia C says
My nieces would enjoy the story and learning about nocturnal animals.
Lisa Brown says
My niece would like the overall mystery theme of the book.
Breanna Pollard says
My niece and students would for sure love this.
DEBIJOT says
He would learn the lesson that it is better to work together.
Julie Lundstrom says
My son would enjoy the reading and the stuffed animal.
Christy Caldwell says
I think my son would love Bismark the sugar glider character. Sounds like a very cute book.
Shelley P says
My kids will love that it’s a book with animal characters and it teaches teamwork.
Corey Olomon says
My youngest son likes books about animals.
Leela says
The foxes.
Michelle S says
My daughter would love the information about animals. She is an animal nut. I bought her a beautiful doll house a few years ago and she evicted the dolls and replaced them with animals.
Sue E says
My kids and now my grandkids, all love animals!! They love books about them, TV shows, music, animal stuffed animals & even clothes with an animal or more on them!! We’ve always had animals while they were growing up and now their families have animals. After all, these furry friends are members of the family!
Terri Irvin says
This sounds like the prefect book for my seven and nine year old granddaughters who like night time stories (maybe a little scary). I would imagine them reading it under their bed covers with a flashlight.
vickie couturier says
they love to read anything to do with animals,,they would love it
Michelle C says
My daughter loves to read about animals, so this looks perfect for her!
Nadia Martin says
My young daughter and i love to help endangered animals whenever we get a chance. She is 8 years old and love when i read her bedtime story and i know she would love me reading to her while holding the little fox plush. Books can be an amazing way to teach our children about teamwork, love and respect of animals and humans.
Christina Foley says
My daughter shares my love of all animals AND books, so this combines two of her favorite things! I was volunteering a few weekends ago and someone brought in an injured sugar glider, my daughter fell in love with him so I think she’d really enjoy this book!
jeani b says
my daughter and i love to read mystery and adventure. she is especially fond of animal characters! i think she and i would just love this.
Allison Swain says
They would love the lovely illustrations and the animal characters!
Thanks for the chance to win 🙂
Julie Bickham says
I think my daughter would like this book because of the animal characters. She’s a big animal lover and loves to read stories with them in it.
Carol says
I really like the illustrations.
Betsy Barnes says
My son will enjoy the illustrations in the Nocturnals – Mysterious Abductions book 🙂
Abigail says
My son would be excited that it features a pangolin – they are one of his favorite animals!!
Holly Thomas says
I really like the illustrations.
Christie says
I love all the different types of animals in the book.
Natalie says
My niece loves animals and would enjoy reading this book! I like that part of the proceeds go towards wildlife!
KaylaKayla says
I think that my little ones would LOVE the characters!!! 🙂
Pamela Gurganus says
My child would like the stories of these animals teamwork, friendships and adventures!
Elena says
My kids will like that this book is about friendship
sherry butcher says
I think my great grand kids would love the characters. Thanks for sharing.
sandra says
I think they would enjoy the mystery
June S. says
These two characters in the book remind me of my grandson; Tobin is a sweet, bumbling pangolin with a big appetite and a bigger heart & Dawn will usually try and resolve conflicts with a stern look or common sense, but when push comes to shove, she will lead the attack.
Kelly Nicholson says
Leave a blog post comment on something your child (you) would like about this book?
i have no children,but it would make a great gift
Morrighan Crowe says
My son learned today that often times animals with big eyes are Nocturnal.
Shelly Leatham says
My kids love stories about animals!!
Jan Lee says
I think just the fact that there are animals in the book will attract my great niece and great nephew into listening to the story 😉
Sarah Hayes says
she loves learning about different kinds of animals so this would be perfect for her
Ellen B says
reading about nature and the animals
Kristen says
We all love animals, so this book would be of great interest.
Emily Endrizzi says
My son and I would love this book. We are really into animals and especially foxes.
Mia says
My granddaughter loves adventure and mystery and learning about animals.
shelly peterson says
My grandson would love this book because he loves animals.
Nancy says
We would enjoy the unique animal characters in this book.
Cheryl says
We would like the animal characters.
Robyn Michelle says
I think my child would like the drawings.
Janet W. says
My grandson would really enjoy this book because of the characters! I think he would most like Dawn the Fox!
Marti Tabora says
I really like the beautiful artwork and I’m sure I would like Dawn the fox as well, she sounds like a great character. Thank you.
Julie Wood says
I like this book because it has wonderful characters that help each other and go out into the unknown together and try to solve the problem of who is eating all their friends and try to find out together. Sounds like an intriguing book.
Dandi D says
My son really enjoys forest animals, so I think he’d really like this book!