# The Kooky Kinkajou: The Nocturnals Grow & Read Early Reader, Level 3 - Hardcover

by **Tracey Hecht** (Author), **Josie Yee** (Illustrator)

**"This gentle adventure supports newly independent readers" --Booklist**

**_The Nocturnals_ 8-book Early Reader Collection encourages kids at all reading levels who like adventurous stories featuring unusual animals.**

In this adventure-filled **Level 3 Early Reader**, Bismark the wacky sugar glider is bored! He complains to his friends, Dawn the serious fox and Tobin the sweet pangolin. So when Karina the kinkajou comes along, she shows the Nocturnals how to use their imaginations to cure boredom!

**GREAT FOR BEGINNING READERS AGES 6-8**  
**Teaches Life Skills**: Imagination and Accepting New Ideas.  
Perfect for kids who like unusual animals and science!

**Bonus Book Content: Nocturnals Fun Facts and Animal Glossary**  
Download complimentary printable activities on the book's website: Sight Word Games, 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 3 Early Readers _The Chestnut Challenge_ and _The Weeping Wombat_. These Beginning Readers introduce Life Skills such as Good Sportsmanship, Forgiveness, Empathy, and Expressing Feelings and Emotions.

**NEW!** Get _The Nocturnals_ companion Grow & Read Animal Activity Book to extend the story with animal facts, coloring, drawing games, mazes, puzzles, and more! (Sold separately)

### Author Biography

Tracey Hecht is a writer and entrepreneur. The American Booksellers Association chose the first book in her critically acclaimed middle grade series, _The Nocturnals: The Mysterious Abductions_, as a Kids' Indie Next List pick. In addition, her Grow & Read early reader book, _The Chestnut Challenge_, was given a Mom's Choice Gold Award. In partnership with the New York Public Library, Tracey created a Read Aloud Writing Program that she has since conducted--both in person and virtually--in over 150 schools, libraries, and bookstores across the country. Other books in the Nocturnals Grow & Read early reader collection include _The Tasty Treat, The Moonlight Meeting, The Peculiar Possum, The Slithery Shakedown, The Kooky Kinkajou, The Best Burp_ and _The Weeping Wombat_. Tracey currently splits her time between New York City and Oquossoc, Maine, with her husband and four children.

**Number of Pages:** 64

**Dimensions:** 0.4 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** September 03, 2019

## Details

- **Price:** 12.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
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