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Four children play in the moonlight before bedtime on a soft summer night.

When Mr. Putter cannot sleep after eating too many of Mrs. Teaberry's pineapple jelly rolls, he and Tabby take a moonlit stroll that ends with the perfect neighborly gathering.

Divided into segments, this program is designed to reinforce and support a viewer's comprehension and retention of these terms through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams, and colorful, animated graphics and labels. Kids will see and hear the terms used in a variety of contexts, providing them with a model for how to appropriately use the words. Related words are also used and reinforced with visuals and text.

Against the backdrop of the dark blue night, the text explores the colors of things, both natural and manmade, that one can see in the night, before falling asleep to dream.

"In these pages, you will walk alongside the Night family as they experience the unthinkable. At 17-years-old [sic], John Michael Night suffered a massive brainstem stroke and became 'locked-in.' Step by step the family comes to grips with the shock of the diagnosis and then engage in their battle to bring John Michael back. Through it all, they lean on their family, their friends and their faith. Told through the voices of the family, including John...

Illustrations and easy-to-read text explore the light that makes a house in the night a home filled with light.

"At the stroke of midnight, Milly wakes up her big sister, Becca. It’s time for Milly’s first Midnight Club adventure! With Becca leading the way, the siblings explore the hidden wonders of their house in the dark. They dip into Dad’s jar of jelly beans, try on Mom’s coat, and make more mischief with the help of the Midnight Club president (their cat, Oliver!). Exhausted from their midnight expedition, Milly is ready to...

Come feel the cool and shadowed breeze,

come smell your way among the trees,

come touch rough bark and leathered leaves:

Welcome to the night.

Welcome to the night, where mice stir and furry moths flutter. Where snails spiral into shells as orb spiders circle in silk. Where the roots of oak trees recover and repair from their time in the light. Where the porcupette eats delicacies—raspberry leaves!—and coos and sings.

Come

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Chef Kris Yenbamroong presents recipes for his style of spicy, sharp Thai party food such as a scorching-hot crispy rice salad, lush coconut curries, or wok-seared pad Thai.