I requested and received an e-ARC of this book from NetGalley and Kids Can Press in exchange for my honest review.

I loved this reference book! This book provides a lot of great information about what happens at night. This information includes our sleep cycles, nocturnal animals, the night sky, and a myriad of other nocturnal information. I love that this book covers the Why, kids always want to know why something happens and now they will have their answer. I learned a few things reading this book as well; did you know that the earth’s largest migration happens every night? I did not!

The illustrations were beautiful, and I really loved the meteor shower chart! I have marked them all on my calendar.

This book is fantastic! An informative illustrated book about things that happen at night - from what happens to the human body/in dreams, to nocturnal creatures, to nighttime plants, to the night sky.

My 3 and 6 year old kids loved the illustrations. The writing was very accessible for them with a little explanation of some terminology.

Very well done, and very interesting. I would definitely get this for my kids.

Did you know there are ‘moon gardens’? Have you ever thought about whether or not plants sleep? This book was so interesting! I can’t wait to go through it with Isla when she’s a bit older - it seems perfect for late elementary and middle schoolers. Although, as an adult I enjoyed learning something new on each page!!

Lots of great information in this book! The illustrations and page layout were good. My seven year old is at an age for the information/words per page. We enjoyed it and would recommend this book.

In the Dark is a beautifully illustrated book for kids about a ‘darker’ side of science–what happens when most of us are sleeping at night!

This book covers many different subjects concerning biology, astronomy, and anatomy. For example, the first section is on the human body and why sleep is important for repairing and maintaining our bodies and brains. It acts as a fantastic reminder for both children and adults as to why sleep is so important. I found the review of circadian rhythm to be an interesting reminder that I think kids will be able to integrate into their lives as they grow.

The next two sections cover nocturnal creatures and plants and the biology that they’ve developed in order to adapt and survive. It covers predator/prey relationships, the anatomy of the eye of a cat verses that of a human, how plants capture and store energy for nighttime, and also moon gardens (everyone should have one!).

The last section is all about one of my personal favorite subjects: Astronomy! There is a lot to learn and some very cool and beautiful charts that kids can reference regarding meteor showers, constellations, planetary positions, aurora borealis, and the phases of the moon.

There is so much information and so many opportunities to learn in this book for both kids and parents. For someone like me who has always had a passion for science, this was a nice little refresher course–I picked up a few cool new facts as well!

It is so important to foster a love of science in young minds and I think this book does that with panache. The colorful and beautiful illustrations accompany some very fun information, which gives kids, especially those who are visual or right-brained, the opportunity to retain some very useful information that they will definitely be able to apply to the world around them. I have a feeling that I will be buying a few copies for birthday presents and we will probably be planning meteor shower watching parties soon.

'In The Dark' is a very cool scientific reference book with neat illustrations about what happens in the dark. From explaining why we sleep and dream to nocturnal animals to space, a neat variety of topics are presented in an interesting and simple way. This is perfect for older elementary school aged children.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for providing this ARC.

In The Dark is an amazing book for children who are afraid of the dark. It's amazing how it's explained why we sleep and what happens at night!

The circadian rhythm and the science of why the body needs sleep, how animals sense in darkness, the problems of light pollution – every aspect of such dark matters is brought into the light for the young reader by this book. And that's before we get on to astronomy. It has a very nice design, a quick way with readability – it just feels a little too randomly put together, and yet niche, to be an essential purchase for a cash-strapped school library. This will teach you about a lot of things, and will do it well – yet with nobody specifically studying anything like all the subjects herein, I can see it not being as successful as it perhaps deserves. Three and a half stars.

In the Dark is an absolutely brilliant book for kids that I adored. The topics discussed are written in such a way that kids as young as 10 would easily be able to grasp it, and the illustrations inside are absolutely gorgeous! Would definitely recommend it.

This is a rather thorough examination of many aspects of night from a very detailed explanation of sleep and dreaming to an exploration of nocturnal plants and animals to all parts of the night sky and what can be seen when and from where on Earth. Honestly, I learned new information in each of the sections and this is hardly the first time I've learned about those topics. It's a fascinating topic, and the author did a tremendous job of presenting it. The pages are very creatively illustrated and arranged. It makes this large dose of factual information very palatable for the average upper elementary to middle school reader. It's going to make an excellent addition to my nonfiction collection when it's published. Very well done.

Thank you for the opportunity to read and review this title.

I enjoyed the text a lot and think my 5 & 8 year old kids would be interested in the information presented, but I wasn't a fan of the illustrations at all and I am pretty sure they wouldn't pick it up for that reason. I really feel like non fiction books for kids need strong, interesting illustrations to really grab the readers attention because that is what they see first and is the hook to further investigation.

Thanks to NetGalley and Kids Can Press for providing an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

In the Dark is children's non-fiction explaining to the reader what happens when they're asleep. I really enjoyed the artwork, it was cutesy and stylized keeping to a limited palette. It doesn't just talk about what happens to our brains when we sleep or when we stay awake for much longer than we should. It touches on what happens in nature.

For instance, I didn't know that Dolphins could be awake and asleep basically at the same time. They rest half of their brains while the other half remaining alert. That's pretty crazy. It also talks about light pollution and what happens to plants at night.

Very cool and I learned a lot as an adult. I'm sure the younger audiences would find this just as entertaining and informative. The only downside is the text in digital format was a little small but if this was a larger printed hardcover it wouldn't be a problem at all.

I love the illustrations and colour palette. Its a great looking book. I'm wondering if its part of a series as it seems incomplete by itself. It feels more like a chapter from a big encyclopedia than a stand alone book.
The information is well laid out and interesting. I feel like its aimed at 10 -13 year olds. The language feels about right for that age but its not patronising. There's information about sleep, nocturnal animals, plants and the night sky. Each section just feels a couple of pages short. I would have like just a litter more on each section to flesh things out.
The cover and subject matter would certainly make me pick it up for a look if I saw it in a bookshop or library.

The graphics provided within the text are beautiful, fun, and coincide with the author's content. The book makes learning about nighttime approachable for all readers, young and old. Spans how night affects all beings. Wish the text was a little larger. Hard to distinguish when a new chapter is beginning so there could have been a title page in between.

SCIENCE NON-FICTION BOOK THAT WILL BE APPEALING AND INTRIGUING FOR YOUNG READERS!

This book describes the science behind what happens at night when we are asleep. Including what the following do at night: Our brains, nocturnal animals, plants, the moon, planets and stars!

This book is written at a certain level for young readers, as well as nicely illustrated to make it easier to understand and grasp the science being described. This is perfect for a young reader to start learning more about the basics of life, earth and physical science. I'm 38 years old and I was also pleasantly surprised and fascinated!

*Thank you to Kids Can Press via NetGalley for providing the digital review copy.