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Dark Night
Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf . . . tiger . . . and crocodile?!
Little Felix is all alone, walking home through the forest when he hears a spooky howling and spots a wolf approaching! His luck turns from bad to worse when a tiger scares away the wolf and a crocodile scares away the tiger! Can something as small as a rabbit help Felix scare away the wild things prowling the woods? This empowering picture book is perfect for any child who’s ever wanted to turn the tables on scary beasts lurking at night.
Little Felix is all alone, walking home through the forest when he hears a spooky howling and spots a wolf approaching! His luck turns from bad to worse when a tiger scares away the wolf and a crocodile scares away the tiger! Can something as small as a rabbit help Felix scare away the wild things prowling the woods? This empowering picture book is perfect for any child who’s ever wanted to turn the tables on scary beasts lurking at night.
40 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2007
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February 6, 2017
We have all had the 'alone in the dark woods' dream...but this book helps children understand that what may scare you may be scared of something else.
November 6, 2014
Little Felix is walking through the woods on a dark night and encounters a series of animals, each fiercer than the last. When he meets a friendly rabbit, they develop a strategy to make their way home safely. So that is a good lesson about coping with fears and thinking outside the box. But what I really enjoyed was the oddly blase and simple narrative, which asks none of the obvious questions. Why is the little boy alone in the forest at night? Why is a crocodile in a forest? How does a wolf build a bonfire? Is hot chocolate healthy for rabbits? The whole thing seems rather like a dream, but the reader will never know.
March 30, 2011
Within days of checking this out from the library Amelia was requesting this one by name. It's scary without being too scary and Amelia couldn't wait to turn the page and make the scary animal roars along with the story. In the end it's about the restorative power of hot cocoa.
March 9, 2018
At the end of year three and into year four we've been dipping our toes into spookier territory. It was fascinating to watch the transformation of my sons thoughts as he read it over and over. At first he seemed totally uncertain about this book. Sitting in a sort of still quietness as I read it, kind of how you might imagine sitting totally still so the big scary animal doesn't see you or eat you. Then after several readings he began to ask questions, then MORE questions, then commenting on the story line and characters. I think the most confusing but totally *fascinating* part to him is when they toast the monsters (truly scary looking) mask at the end of the story. Why would they do that he wanted to know. I think interacting with an inanimate object and kind of...thanking it for it's service was an idea that boggled yet fascinated his little brain. I loved reading this book with him. We were both sad to see it returned to the library but I bet he asks for it again.
November 4, 2018
Feels very French.
A boy is out in the woods and gets scared by a wolf. He hides. The wolf is scared away by a tiger, who is scared away by a crocodile.
The boy finds a house and goes in, to find a bunny. Together, the boy and the bunny scare the animals and go to the boy's house.
A boy is out in the woods and gets scared by a wolf. He hides. The wolf is scared away by a tiger, who is scared away by a crocodile.
The boy finds a house and goes in, to find a bunny. Together, the boy and the bunny scare the animals and go to the boy's house.
October 30, 2018
Love this book. It’s simple predictability is an asset. Students love it.
October 23, 2021
kids enjoyed the story but did NOT like the illustrations
December 20, 2025
Un livre magnifique, super ET hyper super
July 18, 2016
Felix finds himself walking through the forest, alone, on a dark night. He hears a creepy sound and hides himself in a tree trunk. It's a wolf. Then he hears a growling sound and when he peeks out of the tree trunk he sees a tiger! But then the tiger is scared off by a crocodile! Felix is not sure what to do when he feels behind him and finds a doorknob. Going through the door he finds himself in a neat and tidy kitchen. Then a rabbit walks in and Felix explains his predicament. He wants to go home but is frightened to return to the tree trunk where a crocodile, tiger and wolf were recently prowling around.
The rabbit agrees to go with Felix back into the forest. He dresses them both in a scary mask and a cape, hops on Felix' shoulders and out into the forest they go. Felix growls as they walk through the forest, scaring the other creatures. They arrive back at the rabbits house and exclaim how hungry they are. At that moment there is knocking at the door and the forest creatures are demanding to be let in because they've been scared by a monster in the forest. Guess who answers the door?!
The rabbit agrees to go with Felix back into the forest. He dresses them both in a scary mask and a cape, hops on Felix' shoulders and out into the forest they go. Felix growls as they walk through the forest, scaring the other creatures. They arrive back at the rabbits house and exclaim how hungry they are. At that moment there is knocking at the door and the forest creatures are demanding to be let in because they've been scared by a monster in the forest. Guess who answers the door?!
November 4, 2013
As the days darken, I read my students lots of books about darkness and especially about children countenancing fear. In "Dark Night," not surprisingly, in a forest at night, a cartoonish child finds himself frightened at the sound of an owl whereupon the child retreats into a hollow in a nearby tree. The owl is scared off by a wolf which is then scared off by a tiger ("'That tiger looks ferocious!' Felix thought.") and so on, until Felix backs into a door that leads down to the warmth of a rabbit's kitchen.
The rabbit and a scary disguise help Felix to emerge bravely from the tree and to finally turn the tables on the fearsome creatures. The two new, emboldened friends then celebrate with a rousing cup of hot cocoa.
The rabbit and a scary disguise help Felix to emerge bravely from the tree and to finally turn the tables on the fearsome creatures. The two new, emboldened friends then celebrate with a rousing cup of hot cocoa.
January 26, 2011
The story starts by confidently and simply declaring its territory: "It was a dark night."
As Felix, "very little and very scared," walks through the forest, we begin to see there are two stories here: what Felix thinks he is hearing and what the pictures show.
We see the small owl in the tree look sideways and askance at Felix, so its hooting doesn't frighten us the way it does Felix.
He next sees a wolf, but we see a wolf warming itself at a fire, and then frightened itself by a "Grrrr."
The tiger - yes, this is the forest of dreams, after all - is frightened by the crocodile.
Felix eventually meets a rabbit, who has developed a monster-repelling strategy.
As Felix, "very little and very scared," walks through the forest, we begin to see there are two stories here: what Felix thinks he is hearing and what the pictures show.
We see the small owl in the tree look sideways and askance at Felix, so its hooting doesn't frighten us the way it does Felix.
He next sees a wolf, but we see a wolf warming itself at a fire, and then frightened itself by a "Grrrr."
The tiger - yes, this is the forest of dreams, after all - is frightened by the crocodile.
Felix eventually meets a rabbit, who has developed a monster-repelling strategy.
April 16, 2013
This book's plot was a bit hard to grasp on to. It started with a child who found himself in a dark woods. I did not like how there was no background to how he had gotten there or if it was a dream. During his night in the woods he found himself hiding from several large animals when finally he found a hidden door in a tree that led to a rabbits house. The boy and the rabbit constructed a plan to scare the other animals with a mask so he could get home. This book was very bland and I wasn't intrigued by the illustrations.
November 2, 2014
OK, I'll admit it -- I picked up this book because of the cover. I thought this book would be wonderful -- because of the cover. It just wasn't.
I didn't really like the story from the first page, and I liked it even less the more I read. I may as well have been reading a Monty Python script to my little boy -- he was that confused. And had I been reading a Monty Python script, I would have been FAR more amused.
The artwork on the cover is enticing. The artwork inside the book is not.
I didn't really like the story from the first page, and I liked it even less the more I read. I may as well have been reading a Monty Python script to my little boy -- he was that confused. And had I been reading a Monty Python script, I would have been FAR more amused.
The artwork on the cover is enticing. The artwork inside the book is not.
March 10, 2010
Although the title of the book makes every kid shout, "I've seen that movie!" and you have to explain that this book is not about Batman, it's a winner. Almost every page ends on a cliffhanger, and although the story is short and simple, it keeps the kids on the edge of their seats. It has wild scary animals, a "monster", and a kid who outsmarts everyone. At the end of the book the kids physically relax and take a deep breath, and a little girl told me, "That was just a great story."
March 30, 2013
A very cute picture book about a boy named Felix alone in the forest at night. First he hears the howl of a wolf so he hides in a tree, then a tiger scares the wolf away, and a crocodile scares the tiger. Felix finds a door in the tree and discovers the house of a rabbit who helps him get home safely by disguising the two of them as a monster. The story is really cute, with the fun of scary creatures safely resolved.
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October 16, 2009
Felix is walking through the dark woods at night, very scared and very lost, when he spies a wolf, and must hide in the stump of a tree. The animals become bigger, and scarier! Then Felix discovers a secret doorknob that helps him defeat his fears and get home safely, complete with hot chocolate. A funny, charming book.
Lisle Library Call Number: E DEM
Lisle Library Call Number: E DEM
December 15, 2011
Good book for little ones about fear and feeling scared. Kind of a easy introduction to a "scary story" that probably wouldn't be too scary for anyone.
Cute ending with the scared little boy teaming up with a rabbit, a scary mask, and a robe and they end up scaring all the "monsters" that had previously scared the little boy. My son found this book to be very relate-able.
Cute ending with the scared little boy teaming up with a rabbit, a scary mask, and a robe and they end up scaring all the "monsters" that had previously scared the little boy. My son found this book to be very relate-able.
December 1, 2012
This short book would be great to read to a young one how is scared of monsters in the night. A boy hides from a wolf, a tiger, and a crocodile in the woods and discovers a rabbit's home. To help the boy get home, the rabbit stands on the boys shoulders with a long cape and a mask on. The boy/rabbit monster scares away the wolf, tiger, and crocodile.
June 17, 2020
A little boy encounters scary animals when he walks through the woods on a dark night.
For unspecified reasons, Felix takes a nighttime walk in the woods where he encounters a wolf, tiger, and crocodile, but luckily he discovers the door to a clever rabbit's hole by accident, and the rabbit rescues him from the wolf, tiger, and crocodile by scaring them.
For unspecified reasons, Felix takes a nighttime walk in the woods where he encounters a wolf, tiger, and crocodile, but luckily he discovers the door to a clever rabbit's hole by accident, and the rabbit rescues him from the wolf, tiger, and crocodile by scaring them.
October 5, 2011
Such a great book. It was a big hit at home, so I read it out-loud at Mimi's nursery school and it scored big there, too. When 20 four-year-olds are kneeling up (QUIETLY!) to get a good look at the pages, it gets 5 stars.
July 25, 2016
I found this book to be all over the place. It opens with a kid wandering the woods. It then goes into scary characters and then ends with a satanic looking mask. I know that kids are supposed to use their imaginations, but this one just went over the top on it.
February 18, 2015
The illustration style doesn't fit my personal taste, but makes interesting use of color and does well to tell the story, which I did enjoy. The story has a pleasant mix of tension and humor with a fun twist that makes for a good story about not being afraid of the dark.
October 16, 2009
A fun picture book about fear.
November 27, 2009
when felix meets dark creatures of the night, he turns the tables on them with the help of a friend. kids enjoy seeing their "monsters" frightened for a change.
January 20, 2010
There is always something bigger and badder in the woods than the monsters - or something smarter, like a rabbit.
January 29, 2010
Would be good for slightly older kids.
April 20, 2010
love it! charming and not at all too spooky for a spooky-lovin' but easily spooked boy.
January 25, 2011
A quirky little story. Had a great time practicing predictions......
September 23, 2011
Genre: Picture Book (fantasy)
Copyright: 2009
Thoughts: Fun story in which Felix and Rabbit outwit the bigger creatures in the forest to get back home.
Copyright: 2009
Thoughts: Fun story in which Felix and Rabbit outwit the bigger creatures in the forest to get back home.
October 31, 2012
Suspenseful and satisfying tale for a slightly scary storytime.
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