Orchestra in the Night

This little book was one of my Mother's Day gifts.  It is a special little treasure that deserves a post of its own.  Anna wrote this after being inspired by another picture book we read together about the night.  That child spent HOURS in two different shifts making this book.  And it rhymes!  Proud of her.  Love this.  Wondering if maybe SHE can become a published author one day and fulfill that long-lost dream I had once up on a time to be published myself. ;)

 

Nocturnal animals have slept all day long, They have not made the smallest sound,

Now it's time to sing their song, Now that the sun has gone down.

First comes the frog, Whose part is the tuba;

He sleeps in the bog, I don't think they live in Cuba.

Second is the cricket, who plays the violin,

I think they sleep in thickets, And this one's name is Lin.

Third is the Owl, Whose best in the flute.

It knows when critters prowl, It's never asked to mute.

So far there is no beat, and Frog, Lin, and Owl are getting sort of moany.

This one makes noise with its feet, Can you guess who it is? Yes, the coyote!

Now the moon's high, And there's a couple stars,

They play in the dark sky,  Where you can see Mars.

Although mosquitos bite, They do not run and hide.

They stay and play all night, And soon mosquitos leave their side.

Pretty soon there was a crowd, A cat, a bat, then a rat,

As the crowd grew they got proud, Then came fireflies and there they sat.

Pretty soon they got flowers, And the crowd grew and grew,

They felt they had music power, Surprisingly, the crowd was few.

Coyote, Lin, Owl, and Frog played loud, So the crowd might stay.

Pretty soon there was no crowd, That was because the moon went away!

The Sun came up, and up, and up and up.  

So the frog went to the bog, And the cricket to the thicket.

The coyote went to the forest, The Owl went to its tree to dream of chorus.

Although they sleep, They will play the next moon,

But now they do not make a peep, They will play very soon.

(Precious Author's Note - my favorite part is where she says she "wrote this book in two days and they were Wednesday and Thursday."  ❤️)