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Baby bat Stellaluna's life is flitting along right on schedule--until an owl attacks her mother one night, knocking the bewildered batlet out of her mother's loving grasp. The tiny bat is lucky enough to land in a nest of baby birds, but her whole world has just turned upside down. Literally. Stellaluna's adoptive bird mom accepts her into her nest, but only on the condition that Stellaluna will act like a bird, not a bat. Soon Stellaluna has learned to behave like a good bird should--she quits hanging by her feet and starts eating bugs. But when she finally has an opportunity to show her bird siblings what life as a bat is like, all of them are confounded. "How can we be so different and feel so much alike?" one asks. "And how can we feel so different and be so much alike?" asks another. "I agree," Stellaluna responds. "But we're friends. And that's a fact." Anyone who has ever been asked to be someone they're not will understand the conflicts--and possibilities--Stellaluna faces. This
gorgeously illustrated book is sure to be an all-time favorite with readers, whether they've left the nest or not. (Click to see a
sample spread. Illustration from
Stellaluna, © 1993 by Janell Cannon, reproduced by permission of Harcourt Brace & Company) (Ages 4 to 8)
--Emilie Coulter
From AudioFile
Young children get much more than a charming telling of Cannon's story of a baby bat. Stellaluna is accompanied by David Holt's story "Why The Bat Flies at Night" and another bat story by Don Freeman, "Hattie, The Backstage Bat." The program concludes with bat facts. Holt's versatility allows each story to stand alone and he gives each a flavor that reflects its style. It's nice to have Holt's own story as listeners get a bit of the storytelling style he's known for. R.F.W. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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