When Twilight Comes
The Animals and Plants That Bring Dawn and Dusk to Life
Published on 30. April 2026
Book
Hardback
48 pages
978-1-7972-1679-9 (ISBN)
Description
Turn the pages of this luminous picture book to take a walk through the special moments between day and night, and discover a world full of secrets and surprises that unfold only in the twilight.
When twilight comes, nature transitions: from night to day at dawn and from day to night at dusk. Inside our homes, we are getting ready to start our days or end them, but outside, crepuscular creatures-animals that are most active at dawn or dusk-are right in the middle of their days!
This engaging nonfiction picture book shows familiar animals and beautiful flowers-skunks, white-tailed deer, fireflies, morning glories, evening primroses, and more-in a whole new light, focusing on the behaviors, adaptations, and activities that define each as a crepuscular creature or plant. The lushly illustrated pages demonstrate the interconnected interactions between critters and their environments, powerfully showing how each is essential to the ecosystem as a whole.
From the first page welcoming the dawn to the last page beckoning us to venture outside during the magical in-between times, this mesmerizing book encourages young readers to compare and contrast the rhythms of the natural world with the rhythms of their own days, inviting curiosity and encouraging comfort with transition times.
When twilight comes, nature transitions: from night to day at dawn and from day to night at dusk. Inside our homes, we are getting ready to start our days or end them, but outside, crepuscular creatures-animals that are most active at dawn or dusk-are right in the middle of their days!
This engaging nonfiction picture book shows familiar animals and beautiful flowers-skunks, white-tailed deer, fireflies, morning glories, evening primroses, and more-in a whole new light, focusing on the behaviors, adaptations, and activities that define each as a crepuscular creature or plant. The lushly illustrated pages demonstrate the interconnected interactions between critters and their environments, powerfully showing how each is essential to the ecosystem as a whole.
From the first page welcoming the dawn to the last page beckoning us to venture outside during the magical in-between times, this mesmerizing book encourages young readers to compare and contrast the rhythms of the natural world with the rhythms of their own days, inviting curiosity and encouraging comfort with transition times.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
San Francisco
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 5 to 8 years
Dimensions
Height: 311 mm
Width: 234 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
508 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7972-1679-9 (9781797216799)
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Persons
Marcie Flinchum Atkins is a teacher-librarian by day and a children's writer in the pre-twilight hours of the morning. She has written several books for children, including Wait, Rest, Pause: Dormancy in Nature. She lives with her family in Virginia, where she loves watching fireflies on a summer evening. Learn more about her at marcieatkins.com.
Michelle Morin lives and works in Maine. In her paintings, she maps different ways of seeing and understanding the natural world by balancing its complex and mesmerizing layers through shape, line, and color. She has collaborated with many companies, including H&M, Anthropologie, Nike, Yves Saint Laurent, Gorman, and Vilshenko. This is her first picture book. Find out more at www.michellemorinart.com
Michelle Morin lives and works in Maine. In her paintings, she maps different ways of seeing and understanding the natural world by balancing its complex and mesmerizing layers through shape, line, and color. She has collaborated with many companies, including H&M, Anthropologie, Nike, Yves Saint Laurent, Gorman, and Vilshenko. This is her first picture book. Find out more at www.michellemorinart.com