Luminous: Living Things That Light Up the Night

It's a rare kids nonfiction book that is well-written and beautifully illustrated enough to make a bedtime book that kids and grownups will both enjoy, but Seattle's Kuo achieves a lovely balance between fact and imagination with her, well, luminous illustrations and her two strands of text, one simple and evocative and suitable for any age and one denser with data about her undersea subjects, perfect for older, info-hungry kids. (Ages 1 to 5)