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Bats!: Strange and Wonderful


Strange and Wonderful

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No. of pages 32

Published: 2000

Great for age 7-10 years

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Laurence Pringle takes a fascinating look at earth's only flying mammal in this fun and informative Parents' Choice Award book. Readers will learn how bats can pluck insects from the air, and even fish from the water. They will discover how bats help giant trees and other tropical plants to reproduce, and gobble up pesky mosquitoes. They will find out, too, how you can help to protect bats and their homes. Dozens of bats swoop through Meryl Henderson's striking illustrations. The colorful art and clear, concise text together demonstrate that bats may be strange, but that they are wonderful too, and well worth saving.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is part of a book series called Strange And Wonderful .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published in 2000 by Astra Publishing House .

Meryl Henderson has illustrated numerous books for children, including Bats! Stange and Wonderful, and other books in the Strange and Wonderful series. She lives in upstate New York. Laurence Pringle is the respected author of more than ninety books for children and young adults. He lives in West Nyack, New York.

 

This book is in the following series:

Strange and Wonderful

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Sequoyah Book Award
This book was recognised by the Sequoyah Book Award.

Parents' Choice Award
This book was recognised by the Parents' Choice Award.

"Youngsters will immediately be hooked by the opening text ('If you were a bat, you could stay up all night. You could hang by your thumbs, or hang upside down by your toenails') and a riveting illustration of a hanging bat, wings outspread, mouth open, showing tiny teeth." --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"Carefully crafted to overcome misconceptions and fears concerning bats, the text also provides basic information about the variety and habits of the flying mammals as well as their importance in the ecosystem. . . . One of the best of the many bat books." --Booklist

* "Equal to the best introduction on the subject for this age level." --School Library Journal, starred review