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Night song

Bernardo the frog loves the birdsong that carries the woods into each new day. But it's the very beauty of birdsong that also highlights for him his own croaking voice, and this makes him sad. How does he fit in? How can he contribute to his woodland home? Does he belong?

Main Author: Despres, Mk Smith (Author)
Other Authors: Yum, Hyewon (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Brooklyn, NY : Enchanted Lion Books, 2024.
Subjects:
Leopold, Shirley tribute.
Frogs > Juvenile fiction.
Birdsongs > Juvenile fiction.
Self-perception > Juvenile fiction.
Belonging (Social psychology) > Juvenile fiction.
Animal fiction > Juvenile.
Picture books.
Summary: Bernardo the frog loves the birdsong that carries the woods into each new day. But it's the very beauty of birdsong that also highlights for him his own croaking voice, and this makes him sad. How does he fit in? How can he contribute to his woodland home? Does he belong?
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
ISBN: 9781592703944
1592703941
Author Notes:

Mk Smith Despres writes, teaches, and reads lots of books with their family in western Massachusetts, where the stars are particularly bright and the night song is especially beautiful.

Hyewon Yum is an author and illustrator of many picture books, including The Happiness of a Dog with a Ball in Its Mouth , which was named a Best Children's Book of 2021 by the New York Times; The Twins' Blanket , a Junior Library Guild selection; and Mom, It's My First Day of Kindergarten! , which won the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator award and was selected as a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year. She lives in Brooklyn, NY with her family.

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