Forest Bright, Forest Night

One forest. Two worlds. Flip the book and count your way through a magical day-to-night animal adventure.

Forest Bright, Forest Night is a lyrical, interactive picture book that invites young readers to count, observe, and explore the forest as it transforms from morning to moonlight. With its clever flip-book format and poetic storytelling, children will not only meet the animals of the forest―but count them, too. From one deer grazing in dawn to ten quail settling down to roost, this book turns early math into an enchanting journey.

Perfect for children ages 3–7, this beautifully illustrated and award-winning book combines rhythmic verse, hands-on engagement, and science-rich content to spark curiosity and build foundational skills.

Perfect for children who:

• Love animals, nature, and interactive stories. 
• Are learning numbers 1–10 in a fun, visual way.
• Are developing early STEM and pre-literacy skills.

Whether you're reading aloud at bedtime, introducing counting in the classroom, or gifting to a nature-loving child, Forest Bright, Forest Night is a joyful celebration of numbers, nature, and the forest's changing rhythm.

As a child, Jennifer spent a lot of time exploring in nature, and often wrote stories about what she saw. Sometimes she wrote them just for herself. Sometimes she gave them to her parents. Also as an adult, Jennifer immersed herself in nature. She became a teacher―but eventually decided to write full time for children. She is now the author of several popular children's books. Forest Bright, Forest Night is Jennifer's first book with Dawn Publications.

Jamichael Henterly never intended to be a book illustrator. He was an Army paratrooper, an infantry medic, a firefighter and a Forest Service fire lookout. He wanted to be a scientist, but he loved to draw―and somehow "blundered into" illustrating as a career. Jamichael does lots of research when he illustrates. He says that "to draw like an artist helps you to see like a scientist, and to see like a scientist helps you to draw like an artist. I strive to capture in my pictures the same beauty and wonder that captivates and excites me as an observer of nature." He lives along a wild river near Deming, Washington.