Do You Know the Dark?: Exploring the Unseen, Unknown, and Unusual

MacLean, Roz

ISBN 10: 1250392209 / ISBN 13: 9781250392206

Published by Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2026

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Do You Know the Dark?: Exploring the Unseen, Unknown, and Unusual
• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1250392209
• ISBN 13: 9781250392206
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: MacLean, Roz
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

"A mesmerizing invitation to embrace night’s beauty―great for bedtime shelves and budding naturalists alike." ―Kirkus, starred review

"Opens the door to meaningful parent-child conversations about fear, curiosity, and the beauty of the unknown." ―Booklist

From the author of More Than Words and Together, a Forest comes a breathtaking new picture book, perfect for bedtime, about the wonders of the dark.

When the lights are out, the world transforms into shadows and endless night sky. We go from seeing what is around us to uncertainty. It's natural to feel nervous or scared, but the dark holds so many discoveries, if we only know where to look.

Within cocoons, caterpillars become moths. Bears rest in dens, waiting for warmer months. Sea creatures swim in depths that the light never touches. Beyond the stars, in the unexplored expanse of the universe, mystery and wonder call to us.

In accessible, lyrical text, Do You Know the Dark? offers new ways to think about the unknowns of darkness, appreciating its gifts of rest, regeneration, and possibility. Beyond what we can perceive in the daylight, could there be beauty we had never thought to imagine?

About the Author

Roz MacLean is an award-winning Canadian illustrator and children's writer. She especially loves making art about themes that are important to her, like exploring emotions and diverse ways of being in the world. She is passionate about education, inclusion, and the arts.