The Kooky Kinkajou: The Nocturnals Grow & Read Early Reader, Level 3 - Paperback

by Tracey Hecht (Author), Josie Yee (Illustrator)

"This gentle adventure supports newly independent readers" --Booklist

This adventure-filled Level 3 Nocturnals Early Reader grows confidence in reading with engaging illustrations, short sentences!

Bismark the wacky sugar glider is bored!
He complains to his friends, Dawn the serious fox and Tobin the sweet pangolin. When Karina the kinkajou comes along, she shows the Nocturnals how to use their imaginations to cure boredom! Bonus Content includes Nocturnals Animal Glossary with Fun Facts!

GREAT FOR EARLY READERS AGES 6-8 (Grades 2-3)

Teachers and Librarians: add to your Transitional Book Collection!

Level 3 books feature complex plots, new vocabulary and grow information skills

Teaches Life Skills: Imagination and Accepting New Ideas.

The 8-book Nocturnals Grow & Read Early Reader Collection encourages kids at all reading levels who like adventurous stories featuring unusual nocturnal animals

Author Biography

Tracey Hecht is a writer and the creative director of Fabled Films Press. She created The Nocturnals, the critically acclaimed middle-grade and early reader series. The American Booksellers Association chose her first book, The Mysterious Abductions, as a Kids' Indie Next List pick, and her nonfiction book Nighttime Animals: Awesome Features & Surprising Adaptations received the Children's Book Council Teacher Favorites Award in 2023. In partnership with the New York Public Library, she created a Read Aloud Writing Program that has since been conducted in hundreds of schools, libraries, and bookstores. She attends Bank Street College, where she is studying to receive a dual master's degree in childhood general education and special education. Tracey splits her time between New York City and Oquossoc, Maine.

Josie Yee is an award winning illustrator specializing in children's books. She lives in New York City with her daughter, Ana, and their cat, Dude.