30+ Picture Books Set at Night

from My Night in the Planetarium

1. Barnet, Mark. (2017). Noisy Night. Illustrated by Brian Briggs. New York: Roaring Brook Press.
2. Bean, Jonathan. (2007). At Night. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
3. Brinkloe, Julie. (1986). Fireflies. New York: Aladdin.
4. Brooks, Martha. (2014). Winter Moon Song. Illustrated by Leticia Ruifernandez. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books. 
5. Clark, M.H. (2016). You Belong Here. Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault.  Seattle, WA: Compendium.
6. Clark, M.H. (2015). The Man Made of Stars. Illustrated by Lisa Evans. Seattle, WA: Compendium.
7. Cole, Rachel. (2017). City Moon. Illustrated by Blanca Gomez. New York: Schwartz & Wade.
8. Coy, John. (2001). Night Driving. Illustrated by Peter McCarty. New York: Square Fish.
9. Davies, Nicola. (2004). Bat Loves the Night. Illustrated by Sarah Fox-Davies.Somerset, MA: Candlewick.
10. Denos, Julia. (2017). Windows. Illustrated by E.B. Goodale. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.
11. Esenwine, Mark Forrest. (2017). Flashlight Night. Illustrated by Fred Kochler. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mill Press.
12. Fan, Terry. (2016). The Night Gardener. Illustrated by Eric Fan. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
13. Feder, Sandra V. (2016). The Moon Inside. Illustrated by Aimée Sicuro. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books.
14. Fine, Edith Hope. (2010). Under the Lemon Moon.  Illustrated by René King Moreno. New York: Lee & Low Books. 
15. Fine, Edith Hope. (2010). Bajo la luna de limón. Illustrated by René King Moreno. New York: Lee & Low.
16. Hadfield, Chris. (2016). The Darkest Dark. Illustrated by the Fan Brothers. New York: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
17. Horowitz, Ruth. (2004). Crab Moon. Illustrated by Kate Kiesler. Somerville, MA: Candlewick
18. Jam, Teddy. (2006). Night Cars. Illustrated by Eric Beddows. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books. 
19. Krishnaswami, Uma. (2015). Bright Sky, Starry City. Illustrated by Aimée Sicuro. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books. 
20. MacLachlan, Patricia. (2016). The Moon’s Almost Here. Illustrated by Toni dePaola. New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books.
21. Miyakoshi, Akiko. (2017). The Way Home in the Night. Toronto, ON: Kids Can Press.
22. Mora, Pat. (2003). The Night the Moon Fell. Illustrated by Domi. Toronto ON: Groundwood Books. 
23. Nagara, Innosanto. (2016). My Night in the Planetarium. New York: Triangle Square.
24. Pendziwol, Jean E. (2013). Once Upon a Northern Night. Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault. Toronto ON: Groundwood Books.
25. Porter, Pamela. (2008). Yellow Moon, Apple Moon. Illustrated by Matt James. Toronto ON: Groundwood Books.
26. Rocco, John. (2011). Blackout. New York: Disney-Hyperion.
27. Sendak, Maurice. (1996). In the Night Kitchen.  New York: HarperCollins.
28. Shasha, Mark. (2017). The Night of the Moonjellies. Purple House Press.
29. Sidman, Joyce. (2010). Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night.  Illustrated by Rick Allen. New York: HMH Books for Young Readers. 
30. Sobrino, Javier. (2013). Night Sounds. Illustrated by Emilio Urberuaga. Translated by Elisa Amado. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books.
31. Wallis, Quvenzhané. (2017). A Night Out with Mama. Illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton. New York: Simon and Schuster. 
32. Yolen, Jane. (1987). Owl Moon. Illustrated by John Schoeherr. New York: Philomel Books.