The delightful companion book to Wonders of the Fields and Ponds at Night is concerned with the fascinating night life of the animals that live farther from our homes, in the woods and on the deserts and plains. We find the deer that hides her twin fawns in a thicket; the opossums that 'play dead' when attacked; the wood rat that carries to its nest every shiny thing it finds, and its desert relative that builds a fortress home; as well as the raccoon that is called the 'rogue in a black mask'. We also meet the wolf, the fox and the coyote and actually come to like them. All these animals are creatures of the night, for that is the time when they go about their business, in the safety of the dark. Jacquelyn Berrill invites us to join them in the activities of their private lives through her scientific, yet friendly text and her completely engaging drawings.