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Bats Around the Clock
Author: Kathi Appelt
Illustrator: Melissa Sweet
Harper Collins Publishers |
"The clock struck twelve...and the
midnight hour ended..." Afterward, everyone went home. |
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Ghost's Hour, Spook's Hour
Author: Eve Bunting
Illustrator: Donald Carrick
Clarion Books |
At "twelve o'clock, midnight" the
nearly full moon is low and casting "moon shadows on the
ceiling." |
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The Moon Seems to Change
Author: Franklyn M. Branley
Illustrators: Barbara and Ed Emberley
Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. |
This otherwise excellent book on moon phases
suggests a waning crescent can only be seen "at night--long after
we're usually asleep." It also takes the liberty of omitting
the gibbous phase in its list. |
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Petey's Bedtime Story
Author: Beverly Cleary
Illustrator: David Small
William Morrow and Company, Inc. |
Presumably in the evening (suggested by
events in the story) the father drives to the hospital. |
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A moon is visible low on the horizon
throughout the story. Shown are Day Eight of an adventure and two
days later at Day Ten. |
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Why Does the Moon Change Its
Shape?
Author: Patricia Murphy
The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. |
Two images are described as the
near side and far side of the moon.
A series of images depict the phases of the moon.
Image accompanies description of a lunar eclipse. |
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