Ed Young Talks About Nighttime Ninja and Seven Blind Mice

Nighttime Ninja artist Ed Young reveals some of the book's secrets, at the National Book Festival 2012. He also explains how his Caldecott Honor book Seven Blind Mice came about.

Soundtrack to Nighttime Ninja

Watch this spectacularly creative Indiana classroom's soundtrack for Nighttime Ninja!

See our Activities page for more fun things to do based on Nighttime Ninja!

View Nighttime Ninja artist Ed Young talking about his books and creative process for Lon Po Po, Beyond the Mountain, Sadoko, and others at TeachingBooks.net. He also explains and pronounces his Chinese name.

Nighttime Ninja Video

View this ">Scholastic video for Nighttime Ninja,  including an interview with illustrator Ed Young.

Nighttime Ninja Wins Children's Choice!

Thank you, everyone! What an honor! From Publishers Weekly:

The winners of the sixth annual Children’s Choice Book Awards were announced May 13 at a ceremony in New York City hosted by the Children’s Book Council. Book of the Year awards went to: Nighttime Ninja by Barbara DaCosta, illus. by Ed Young (kindergarten to second grade); Bad Kitty for President by Nick Bruel (third to fourth grade); Dork Diaries 4: Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess by Rachel Renée Russell (fifth to sixth grade); and The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (teen). Jeff Kinney was named author of the year for Diary of a Wimpy Kid 7: The Third Wheel, and Robin Preiss Glasser was named illustrator of the year for Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet, written by Jane O’Connor. Watch the ceremony here.

Nighttime Ninja Now Available!

Daytime Ninja in Training for Nighttime Adventures

Here's Emmett, who not only loves Nighttime Ninja, but has had a video made about his own training and exploits. What are your favorite ninja activities?