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The Nocturnals Summer Reading Connect Reading & Science with 12 Fun Learning Activities from The Nocturnals Book Series. Turnkey Activities STEM and Makerspace Activities • Hold a Book Club with Discussion Questions. • Discover the Truth about a Mythical • Fill in the Story & Create Your Own Adventure! Dinosaur. • Write a Rap or Give a Cheer for Your • Draw Your Own Images of Favorite Nocturnal! The Nocturnals Animals to Create • Discover New Words with Ominous Eye Trading Cards. Vocabulary Word Search. • Create Nocturnal Brigade Masks! • Learn How to Draw Bismark. • Use Nocturnal Animal Bingo & Learn • Perform The Nocturnals Reader’s Theater. Wacky Animal Facts! • Improve Emerging Reader Skills with Four • Play the Endangered Animal Sight Word Games. Matching Game! Middle Grade Books Grow & Read Early Readers Fountas and Pinnell Range S–T | Lexile Level Range 530L–630L Fountas and Pinnell Range L–P | Lexile Level Range 380L–520L AR Quiz Available for The Mysterious Abductions (ATOS 4.2) and The Ominous Eye (ATOS 4.4) For More Information Contact: [email protected] www.NocturnalsWorld.com www.fabledfilms.com Fabled ims Pr Bok Prgam Middle Grade Books Ages 7-12 Trim: 5 ½'' x 8 ¼'' • Hardcover $15.99 • Paperback $8.99 • ebooks available for all titles Bonus paperback content includes animal glossary, author Q&A, and more Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Book 4 The Mysterious Abductions The Ominous Eye The Fallen Star The Hidden Kingdom AR Quiz – ATOS 4.2 AR Quiz – ATOS 4.4 Lexile Ranking: 630L Lexile Ranking: 630L Lexile Ranking: 530L Lexile Ranking: 580L Fountas & Pinnell Level S Fountas & Pinnell Level T Fountas & Pinnell Level S Fountas & Pinnell Level T 208 pages | Over 23 four-color illus. 208 pages | Over 50 four-color illus. 232 pages | Over 34 four-color illus. 208 pages | Over 27 four-color illus. 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The Tasty Treat The Moonlight Meeting The Slithery Shakedown The Peculiar Possum The Chestnut Challenge The Kooky Kinkajou Lexile Ranking 380L Lexile Ranking: 480L Lexile Ranking: 440L Lexile Ranking: 470L Lexile Ranking 520L Lexile Ranking 500L Fountas & Pinnell L Fountas & Pinnell Level L Fountas & Pinnell Level M Fountas & Pinnell Level P Fountas & Pinnell N Fountas & Pinnell L HC ISBN: HC ISBN: HC ISBN: HC ISBN: HC ISBN: HC ISBN: 978-1-944020-29-3 978-1-944020-15-6 978-1-944020-17-0 978-1-944020-19-4 978-1-944020-22-4 978-1-944020-25-5 PB ISBN: PB ISBN: PB ISBN: PB ISBN: PB ISBN: PB ISBN: 978-1-944020-30-9 978-1-944020-14-9 978-1-944020-16-3 978-1-944020-20-0 978-1-944020-23-1 978-1-944020-24-8 Book Order Information Visit nocturnalsworld.com Follow us: Ingram Publisher Services: 1-866-400-5351 for FREE educational resources [email protected] and activity kits. #nocturnalsworld Product Sheet.indd 1 2/21/20 4:20 PM THE MYSTERIOUS ABDUCTIONS BOOK CLUB QUESTIONS 1. Dawn, Bismark, and To- 6. Dawn is the leader of the Brigade. What does she do to bin make up a team, the bring the animals together as a team? What does she do when Nocturnal Brigade. How she meets Ciro, the coyote? How does she talk to Boris, the did the Brigade meet? What crocodile when she meets him? Do the animals respect her? qualities do each of those three characters possess 7. When Tobin first meets Cora, the wombat, Cora is afraid that help make them work to speak. How does Tobin try to coax her out of her shyness? so well together? Do they What things could you reveal about yourself that might make have qualities that might someone in your life feel less shy around you? hurt the team? 8. Why don’t Dawn and Bismark trust Jerry, the jerboa? What does he do to the Brigade that makes them worry 2. The book takes place at night and all of the characters are about his character? Does he redeem himself in the book? nocturnal. Can you think of reasons it might be good for ani- mals to be awake at night? Can you think of characteristics 9. Bismark speaks many languages, as do the bats. What lan- in Dawn, the fox, Bismark, the sugar glider and Tobin, the guages are in the book? Are you able to give examples of pangolin that are important to their nighttime survival? phrases in any of these languages? Can you come up with some new phrases that Bismark might say? Can you come up 3. If you were to pick one character from The Mysterious with some that the bats might say? Abductions who is the most like you, who would it be and why? Who is the most unlike you and why? Which 10. Explain the rules of NOC HOC. Which animals are used character from the book would you most want as your as equipment in the game? Discuss the actions of the offense friend and why? and defense. 4. What are your favorite locations in the book and why? If 11. What happens to Boris in the final scenes of The Mysteri- you could visit the world of The Nocturnal Brigade, which ous Abductions? What are the other characters’ responses to things from the book would you most want to see? Where his actions? How would you have handled Boris? do you think these animals might live in the real world? 12. What things in the book would you have done like the 5. Bismark is an outspoken character. He boasts about his Brigade? What things would you have done differently? own superior qualities and his affections for Dawn. Do you think Bismark is actually a confident character? If so, why? 13.Discuss the meaning of poaching and endangered species If no, why not? in the wild. Are any of the animals endangered species? Why is poaching wrong? How do both affect the environment? The Mysterious Abductions PB ISBN 978-1-944020-02-6 AR Quiz – 4.2 ATOS | Lexile 530L www.fabledfilms.com Fountas & Pinnell S www.nocturnalsworld.com The Mysterious Abductions_Book Club Questions Flyer.indd 1 2/21/20 3:59 PM THE OMINOUS EYE BOOK CLUB QUESTIONS 1. Define the word “omi- 6. How is Dawn the voice of reason within the Brigade? nous” and discuss the How does the “beast” almost destroy these qualities in her? qualities of mystery, horror Does the dangerous situation strengthen or weaken Dawn as and adventure. Does The a leader throughout the story? How so? Ominous Eye fit in these genres? What other genres 7. Who is the real source of the destruction and mayhem would the novel fit? What in the valley? What clues help you discover that there is no genres would it not fit? “beast”? How does Dawn discover the real source? How does Dawn deal with Polyphema? 2. Tobin thinks the outline of the animal at the bottom 8. Discuss the concept of fear and what role it plays in the sto- of the crater is a dragon, ry. What do the animals learn about fear from Polyphema’s a creature he has heard about in myths. Dawn thinks that false story? What does Polyphema learn from the Brigade? dragons are an “invention of storytellers.” Use books in the Can you think of other animal fables with similar lessons? library or sites on the internet to find a dragon myth and dis- cuss the roles dragons play in mythology. 9. If you were to pick one character from the book who is the most like you, who would it be and why? Who is the most 3. Polyphema gains control over the animals. How is she unlike you and why? Which character from the book would able to do this? Why does she do it? How does each member you most want as your friend and why? of the Brigade respond differently to Polyphema’s control? 10. The Nocturnal Brigade wears capes when they set out to 4. Polyphema is named after one of the most well-known solve a mystery. What is the purpose of the capes? Do you cyclopes in Greek mythology, Polyphemus. He and his think it makes the Brigade more courageous and brave? Can fellow cyclopes are described in Bulfinch’s Mythology as you think of other examples of stories where the characters giants who have one round eye in the middle of the forehead. wear special garments to help them feel brave? In Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey, Polyphemus is blinded by the hero, Ulysses. Knowing this background information, 11. What things in the book would you have done like the do you think this is a good namesake for Polyphema? Why Brigade? What things would you have done differently? or why not? Use books in the library or sites on the internet to support your disuccusion. 12. Discuss the role humor plays in The Ominous Eye, both for you as the reader and for the characters. What characters 5. How does Polyphema use Otto, the owl, to create fur- do you find the most humorous? What part did you find the ther panic? Does her plan work? What role does Otto play most humorous? How would the book be different without in helping the Brigade discover the truth? humor? The Ominous Eye PB ISBN 978-1-944020-10-1 AR Quiz – 4.4 ATOS | Lexile 580L www.fabledfilms.com Fountas & Pinnell T www.nocturnalsworld.com Ominous Eye_Book Club Questions Flyer.indd 1 2/21/20 3:59 PM Tuatara: A Living Fossil Interview with Polyphema Act as if you are interviewing Polyphema the Tuatara.
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