Let's Look at Bats

What animal flies, has sharp claws, and hangs upside down to rest? Bats! But do you know what bats do at night? Or how they find food? Read this book to find out! Learn all about different animals in the Animal Close-Ups series - part of the Lightning Bolt Books™ collection. With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt Books™ bring nonfiction topics to life!

Simple text and photographs introduce the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitats of North American bats.

What animal flies, has sharp claws, and hangs upside down to rest? Bats! But do you know what bats do at night? Or how they find food? Read this book to find out! Learn all about different animals in the Animal Close-Ups series - part of the Lightning Bolt Books™ collection. With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt Books™ bring nonfiction topics to life!

Children's Literature

Readers learn all about bats—where they live, what they eat, how they drink, and how they hunt at night—in this informative book that provides an overview of behaviors common among all bats instead of focusing on just one of the more than 1,100 different species of bats found around the world. Bright colorful pages filled with photographs of bats in action work with the text to reinforce the information about bats' lifestyle and habits. Featuring a page of fun facts and a detailed diagram labeling the different parts of a bat's body, this book is a must read for young kids interested in bats. Like all books in the "Animal Close-Ups" series in the "Lightning Bolt Books" collection, this book contains a glossary of bat related terms, a quick reference index, and a guide to print and online sources of further reading about bats. This sturdy book would make a great addition to elementary school libraries or other collections serving young children with a nature or animal focused curriculum. Reviewer: Jamie Hain

Ruth Berman earned a B.A. in English from the University of Minnesota and turned her love of animals into a career. She has worked for the Sierra Club and for the Zoological Society of Philadelphia, and she has authored a number of young science titles for Lerner. Her first book, American Bison, was chosen as an Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children.