Nights of the Pufflings

AuthorBruce McMillan

IllustratorBruce McMillan

LanguageEnglish

GenreChildren's literature

Nights of the Pufflings

Author	Bruce McMillan
Illustrator	Bruce McMillan
Language	English
Genre	Children's literature
Publisher	Houghton Mifflin Company
Publication date	1995
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardcover)
ISBN	978-0395708101

Nights of the Pufflings (Houghton Mifflin, 1995) is the thirty-second, and most honored, of the forty-five children's books by Bruce McMillan.^[1] It was photo-illustrated by the author on Heimaey island in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago off the south coast of Iceland. It was the first of seven children's books of the author's children's books set in Iceland, including Days of the Ducklings (Houghton Mifflin, 2001)

Young puffins are known as "pufflings".^{[2] [3]} It is a word coined by the author, since then widely used, but yet to be included in any dictionary.^{[not verified in body]}

Nights of the Pufflings was translated into Icelandic (Pysjunaetur) and German (Nächte der kleinen Papageitaucher). In 2001 a contest was held on Vestmannaeyjar to officially name the annual puffling rescue in which the children have been participating for generations. The official name chosen was Pysjueftirlitið með Brúsa Bjargfasta / The Puffling Patrol with Bruce the Rescuer, a nod to Bruce McMillan.