Books with title Among the Night People

A delightful volume of nature stories for young children. Presents the adventures of Mother Eel, the Playful Muskrat, the Snappy Snapping Turtle, and the other Pond People. These stories are full of humor, yet cleverly convey information about the frogs, minnows, and other pond residents and often suggest a moral in a delicate manner which no child could resist. Ideally suited for children ages 5 to 7.

THE BIGGEST FROG AWAKENS THE DANCE OF THE SAND-HILL CRANES THE YOUNG MINNOW WHO WOULD NOT EAT WHEN HE SHOULD THE STICKLEBACK FATHER THE CARELESS CADDIS WORM THE TADPOLE WHO WANTED TO BE GROWN-UP THE RUNAWAY WATER SPIDERS THE SLOW LITTLE MUD TURTLE THE DRAGON-FLY CHILDREN AND THE SNAPPING TURTLE THE SNAPPY SNAPPING TURTLE THE CLEVER WATER-ADDER THE GOOD LITTLE CRANES WHO WERE BAD THE OLDEST DRAGON-FLY NYMPH THE EELS' MOVING-NIGHT THE CRAYFISH MOTHER TWO LITTLE CRAYFISHES QUARREL THE LUCKY MINK THE PLAYFUL MUSKRATS

Dear Little Friends:—When the ten Polliwogs came to spend a day with me, some two years ago, I promised to tell you stories of how they and their neighbors live in the pond. I wanted to tell the stories at once, but this is a busy world and story-telling is only play, so there were many things to be done before I could sit down to my desk and hold my pen while the stories slid out of it onto paper. I wonder where all my ten Polliwogs are now!One cannot come to know pond people quite so well as those who live in the forest or in the meadow, yet down in the shining water they live and build their homes and learn much that they need to know. And wherever people are living, and working, and playing, there are stories to be found. The pond people cannot be well or happy long away from the water, and you can only come to know them by watching the ponds and brooks. If you do that and are very quiet, the Minnows will swim to where you are, the Mud Turtles will waddle out on the logs in the sunshine, and you may even see a Crayfish walking backward along the sand.But if you should see a very large, black bug with fore legs which open and shut like jack-knives—then keep away from him, for that is Belostoma. Some time you may see him under the electric lights in the city, for he likes to sprawl around there, and you can look at him on land, but let him alone.Remember that the Dragon-Flies and many of their friends who seem to do nothing but play in the sunshine, have lived long in the dusky pond, and that this life in the air comes only after a long time of getting ready. Remember that if you pick up a Turtle or catch Minnows in a net, you must not leave the Turtle on his back or keep any water-breathing people, like the Minnows, in the air. Watch them for a little while and then let them go free.And then remember, be sure to remember, this: that you are not to get acquainted with the pond people by tumbling into the water or by going into it with your shoes and stockings on. If you do that, your mothers will say, "We wish that Mrs. Pierson had never written about the pond people." And if they should say that, just think how I would feel!- Taken from "Among the Pond People" written by Clara Dillingham Pierson

"Compelling...a rare offering that successfully merges hard-driving action and arresting insight." Foreword Clarion Reviews "Cross Harry Potter and the gang at Hogwart's with the gifted mutants at the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning from X-Men, and you get something like The Night People." BlueInk Review"Alexander's novel will have fans of horror and sci-fi squirming in their seats with both enjoyment and fear." The BookLife PrizeThe Night People, creatures from a parallel dimension, have individually preyed on human beings for centuries.Now it's only a matter of time until millions of them arrive and wipe out all life on Earth. Sixteen-year-old Kyle Tanner and a small group of uniquely gifted teenagers may be able to stop them before it's too late. But someone--or something--is determined to kill them first.