The Nocturnals Grow & Read Activity Box: Early Readers, Plush Toy and Activity Book -level 1-3

Unlock the magic of reading! The Nocturnals Activity Box brings screen-free fun for kids ages 6–8!

Turn storytime into an adventure with The Nocturnals: Dawn the Fox, Bismark the Sugar Glider and Tobin the Pangolin! The Nocturnals Grow & Read Activity Box is packed with a cuddly plush fox toy, 3 engaging and colorful early reader books about nocturnal animals, and an interactive activity book. It will give kids ages 6-8 everything they need to build confidence, empathy, and a lifelong love of books.

What’s Inside the Activity Box:

• 3 Leveled Early Reader Books: Full-color, beautifully illustrated paperbacks designed to grow with your child's reading stage:
  • Level 1: The Tasty Treat (40 pages) – Introduces sight words, simple sentences, and the value of sharing.
  • Level 2: The Slithery Shakedown (64 pages) – Builds vocabulary while teaching kids how to stand up to bullying.
  • Level 3: The Chestnut Challenge (64 pages) – Mom’s Choice Awards® Gold Recipient focusing on good sportsmanship and team problem-solving.
  
  
• 40+ Page Hands-On Activity Book: Packed with sight word games, puzzles, animal crafts, mazes, coloring pages, and a nocturnal animal glossary for hours of independent, screen-free fun.
• 5" Dawn the Fox Plush Toy: A huggable reading buddy that keeps kids engaged during independent reading time.

Why Parents & Educators Recommend It:

• Grows With Your Reader: Takes children seamlessly from guided reading to confident, independent reading.
• Core Life Lessons with Social-Emotional Learning (SEL): Relatable nighttime animal characters—Dawn the Fox, Tobin the Pangolin, and Bismark the Sugar Glider—model kindness, anti-bullying, honesty, and good sportsmanship.
• Teacher & Parent Approved: Features sight-word reinforcement and comprehension questions vetted to meet early elementary literacy benchmarks.
• The Perfect Gift: An all-in-one gift set ideal for birthdays and holidays!

Tracey Hecht is a writer and the creative director of Fabled Films Press. She created The Nocturnals, the critically acclaimed middle-grade and early reader series. The American Booksellers Association chose her first book, The Mysterious Abductions, as a Kids’ Indie Next List pick, and her nonfiction book Nighttime Animals: Awesome Features & Surprising Adaptations received the Children’s Book Council Teacher Favorites Award in 2023. In partnership with the New York Public Library, she created a Read Aloud Writing Program that has since been conducted in hundreds of schools, libraries, and bookstores. She attends Bank Street College, where she is studying to receive a dual master’s degree in childhood general education and special education. Tracey splits her time between New York City and Oquossoc, Maine.

Josie Yee is an award winning illustrator specializing in children's books. She lives in New York City with her daughter, Ana, and their cat, Dude.