Raised in the sunny Okanagan Valley, Alana had grown accustomed to the melodic sounds of crickets chirping and frogs croaking outside her bedroom window each night on her parent's rural property. It wasn't until she tossed and turned in her Toronto hotel room, the sounds of traffic outside keeping her awake that she realized, that the sounds outside the window each night were different dependent on where you were in Canada. 

This notion sparked the idea for Noises of the Night, a bright and engaging children's picture book that teaches children about the noises outside their windows each night Canada wide. All while lulling them to sleep with the gentle rhythm induced by the story's rhyme scheme.

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