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"A charming and informative story about a pipistrelle bat. . . . Offers vivid descriptions of the animal's flight, its navigational skills, andthe hunt for food." — SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNALNight has fallen, and Bat awakens to find her evening meal. Follow her as she swoops into the shadows, shouting and flying, the echoes of her voice creating a sound picture of the world around her. When morning light creeps into the sky, Bat returns to the roost to feed her baby . . . and to rest until nighttime comes again. Bat loves the night!
Lexile Measure: 560L (What's this?)
Series: Read and Wonder
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: Candlewick; 1 edition (August 19, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0763624381
ISBN-13: 978-0763624385
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 0.1 x 9.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #12,280 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #30 in Books > Children's Books > Animals > Mammals #251 in Books > Children's Books > Science, Nature & How It Works #822 in Books > Children's Books > Action & Adventure
Age Range: 4 - 8 years
Grade Level: Preschool - 3
"Bat is waking, upside down as usual, hanging by her toenails. Her beady eyes open. Her pixie ears twitch. She shakes her thistledown fur..." So begins Nicola Davies marvelous picture book introduction to the world of bats. Follow mother bat as she awakens at dusk, flies out into the night hunting and searching for food, then returns home at sunrise to feed her batling, and sleep again until nightfall. Ms Davies combines a simple and evocative story line with interesting scientific information, fun facts, and trivia. Find out where bats live, how they hang upside down so effortlessly, their special body features, how they navigate at night by echolocation, what they eat, how they hunt... Sarah Fox-Davies' quiet and eloquent illustrations complement the text beautifully, and bring this mysterious little creature and its habitat to life. Perfect for emerging readers, Bat Loves The Night is non-fiction at its very best, and is a fascinating and intriguing book budding scientists will want to study, pore over, and read again and again.
i agree with the fact that it is a story that reads like an encyclopedia...my boys really like it and it's not so dry that i enjoy reading it again and again to them! beautiful pictures too! just right for my 6 & 4 year olds even when they were 4 & 2!
Nicola writes in such a spare and poetic style that she must capture the imagination of each child who reads it, or has it read to her. She offers facts about this bat breed as she weaves her story, and topped with delicate artwork, it's just perfect.
Very educational and nice artwork. Could combine with a unit on nocturnal animals, mammals, Halloween, day/night, sound, etc. I might pair it with a bat craft or even making a diorama of a bat and its needs with some glow in the dark touches of course... or even a short video clip showing a bat catching a moth ;-) I also definitely show kids what fox bats look like - they are so cute and cuddly. Overall, this book is appropriate for kindergarten and higher since there are so many words on a page and its paperback. I wish this book was available in a hardback for longevity.
The beautifully written story manages to combine a ton of information about bats with a cute little story, and the illustrations are the best! My little GIRLS love this story and make me read it over and over. It reads like a story but offers information like an encyclopedia.
Very interesting and lots of fun facts to learn. I like that the book is written in a fun and exciting way and with beautiful pictures. Very enjoyable and not boring like some books I have found. Nieces and nephews and I have really had fun with this.
This book is an incredibly rare combination of poetic language, valid scientific information, and beautiful illustrations. I bought this for my then 5-year-old, and she loves it...but my preschooler REALLY loves it, so much so that she now has a little bat hanging from the ceiling in her room. (Near the window of course!)Her father and I like it so much that we actively seek out other books by this author and illustrator.
I was looking for a living book about bats that was both informative and interesting for my preschoolers, as we are doing nature study about bats. This book is poetic, beautifully illustrated and informative at the same time. Perfect for preschoolers or young elementary ages.
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