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Do You Know the Dark?: Exploring the Unseen, Unknown, and Unusual

by Roz MacLean Publisher: HENRY HOLT

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Discoveries after dark

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Awards & Recognition

  • Critical praise

    Kirkus starred review

    Kirkus gave the book a starred review and praised it as a mesmerizing invitation to embrace night's beauty.

AlbakiReads Editorial

Discoveries after dark

Night becomes a doorway to several kinds of hidden change in this picture book: caterpillars transform inside cocoons, bears rest through colder months, and sea life moves where sunlight cannot reach. The exploration widens from familiar natural cycles to the vast, less-known universe, connecting darkness with rest, renewal, and the possibility of discovery. The book also acknowledges that uncertainty can feel unsettling, placing that response alongside curiosity about what lies beyond easy sight.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 exploring nature and the night sky
  • Families looking for a bedtime picture book that can prompt conversation about darkness and uncertainty
  • Budding naturalists interested in animals and unseen environments

Themes

Darkness and the unknownAnimal life and natural cyclesRest and renewalCuriosity and discovery

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Book overview

"A mesmerizing invitation to embrace night's beauty--great for bedtime shelves and budding naturalists alike." --Kirkus, starred review

"Opens the door to meaningful parent-child conversations about fear, curiosity, and the beauty of the unknown." --Booklist

From the author of More Than Words and Together, a Forest comes a breathtaking new picture book, perfect for bedtime, about the wonders of the dark.

When the lights are out, the world transforms into shadows and endless night sky. We go from seeing what is around us to uncertainty. It's natural to feel nervous or scared, but the dark holds so many discoveries, if we only know where to look.

Within cocoons, caterpillars become moths. Bears rest in dens, waiting for warmer months. Sea creatures swim in depths that the light never touches. Beyond the stars, in the unexplored expanse of the universe, mystery and wonder call to us.

In accessible, lyrical text, Do You Know the Dark? offers new ways to think about the unknowns of darkness, appreciating its gifts of rest, regeneration, and possibility. Beyond what we can perceive in the daylight, could there be beauty we had never thought to imagine?

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