Ocean State Libraries

"While making toast for a late night snack, a little girl runs out of bread after a host of animals show up looking to share."--

"Deep in the heart of the wilderness, creatures come out of the darkness to sit around the Night Librarian, who transports them to the land of imagination with her silver silken stories."--

A counting primer that combines contrasting illustrations with animal facts, inviting young children to count a woodpecker's 30 roosting holes, a giraffe's 200 spots, and 1000 baby seahorses.

Portrays both unusual and familiar animals, one for each letterof the alphabet.