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Bats!: Creatures of the Night by Joyce Milton β€” book cover

Bats!: Creatures of the Night

by Joyce Milton, Judith Moffatt
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Overview

Did you know that bats are not blind? That the smallest bat is the size of a bee? That bats won't really fly into your hair? Kids will learn all this and more in this exciting book about one of nature's most misunderstood creatures.

Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitats of different kinds of bats.

Synopsis

The All Aboard Reading series features stories that capture beginning readers' imagination while developing their vocabulary and reading comprehension. The Picture Readers, appropriate for preschoolers, combine a very simple text with rebuses. Flash cards bound in the book help make the transition from the rebus to the printed word. As the levels progress, the stories get longer, and the print size gets smaller, preparing readers for longer books with chapters. All the books are illustrated in full color, and engage a child's curiosity with a range of topics from science to sports, history, and fantasy. Grades 1 - Grade 3.

Children's Literature

The colorful cut-paper illustrations will attract beginning readers and the flowing, fact-fill text will intrigue them with basic bat data.

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Children's Literature - Beverly Kobrin

The colorful cut-paper illustrations will attract beginning readers and the flowing, fact-fill text will intrigue them with basic bat data.

School Library Journal

Gr 1-3-A look at the basic characteristics of bats in language that early readers can handle. Milton's data is accurate and her writing style is above average for this type of book. She varies both sentence structure and length while keeping the vocabulary manageable. Millicent Selsam and Joyce Hunt's First Look at Bats Walker, 1991 goes into more detail about specific types of bats, while Milton centers on general characteristics, life cycle, and family patterns. In addition, she tries to correct some inaccurate beliefs about these mammals. Moffatt's sharp and crisp cut-paper collages, similar to those in Molly Bang's The Paper Crane Greenwillow, 1985, appear on every page. She uses different colors to emphasize details and shades of color to make some pages appear three dimensional. Particularly striking are the pictures showing the birth of a bat and an owl chasing one. Children will be drawn into Bats from the first look at the cover. An attractive addition to any collection.-Mary Ann Bursk, Bucks County Free Library, Levittown, PA

Book Details

Published
September 1, 1993
Publisher
Penguin Group (USA)
Pages
48
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780448401935

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