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The Peculiar Possum

The Nocturnals

by Tracey Hecht
Josie Yee
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"Addresses bullying and empathy in an easy, accessible way" —New York Post

In this adventure-filled Nocturnals Level 2 Early Reader, Dawn the serious fox, Tobin the sweet pangolin, and Bismark the wacky sugar glider meet an unusual new animal, Penny the possum. Bismark doesn't understand her. But Penny makes friends with the Nocturnal Brigade and shows them how to be proud of their differences.

Includes Bonus Nocturnals Fun Facts and a Glossary of Fun Words from Different Languages
Life Skills include Accepting Differences, Empathy, and Kindness.
FUN-FILLED BEGINNING READERS FOR AGES 6–8!
Download complimentary printable activities at NocturnalsWorld.com: Sight Word Games, Makerspace Crafts, Bingo, Common Core Language Arts Educator Guide, Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Activities, and More!

Read All 8 of the Nocturnals Grow & Read Adventures, including Level 2 Early Reader The Moonlight Meeting. These Beginning Readers introduce Life Skills such as Friendship and Sharing.
They all feature Dawn, a serious fox, Tobin, a sweet pangolin, and Bismark, a pint-sized sugar glider.

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"Addresses bullying and empathy in an easy, accessible way" —New York Post

In this adventure-filled Nocturnals Level 2 Early Reader, Dawn the serious fox, Tobin the sweet pangolin, and Bismark the wacky sugar glider meet an unusual new animal, Penny the possum. Bismark doesn't understand her. But Penny makes friends with the Nocturnal Brigade and shows them how to be proud of their differences.

Includes Bonus Nocturnals Fun Facts and a Glossary of Fun Words from Different Languages
Life Skills include Accepting Differences, Empathy, and Kindness.
FUN-FILLED BEGINNING READERS FOR AGES 6–8!
Download complimentary printable activities at NocturnalsWorld.com: Sight Word Games, Makerspace Crafts, Bingo, Common Core Language Arts Educator Guide, Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Activities, and More!

Read All 8 of the Nocturnals Grow & Read Adventures, including Level 2 Early Reader The Moonlight Meeting. These Beginning Readers introduce Life Skills such as Friendship and Sharing.
They all feature Dawn, a serious fox, Tobin, a sweet pangolin, and Bismark, a pint-sized sugar glider.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Grow & Read Early Reader, Level 2

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    July 1, 2020

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781944020415

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      September 1, 2018
      Three animal friends try to figure out why a sugar glider's favorite food is missing and encounter a new neighbor in their community.The three anthropomorphic, nocturnal animals, Tobin (a pangolin), Bismark (a sugar glider), and Dawn (a fox), are puzzled when Bismark finds only one pomelo in the tree. They hear strange sounds and smell unfamiliar scents, both of which cause them to conclude they "have a prowler in [their] presence." This turns out to be a possum, who plays dead when she is frightened by the others. Bismark, already annoyed that she's taken at least one pomelo, thinks her behavior is "peculiar," and he tells her so when she comes to. Alliteration with the letter p dominates several of the ensuing passages as Penny the possum defends herself against Bismark's insults (Penny's "not pleasant" but "peculiar"; "Penny prowls and she pillages"). The other animals take her side, and eventually Bismark apologizes. The writing is both stilted and likely too sophisticated for many new readers, and it commits the cardinal grammatical sin of using "lay" instead of "lie"--arguably a fatal flaw in an early reader. The art, which is largely redundant of text, provides cues to help readers with decoding, but its uninspired setting and bland, animation-inspired characterization do little to enhance the feeble storytelling. Not exactly peculiar but far from compelling. (Early reader. 6-8)

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  • OverDrive Read

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  • English

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