Bats! (Strange and Wonderful)

Bats! (Strange and Wonderful)

by Laurence Pringle (Author), Meryl Henderson (Illustrator), Meryl Henderson (Illustrator), Laurence Pringle (Author), Highlights (Author)

Synopsis

Bats are among the world's most misunderstood animals. This Parents' Choice Award book gives readers an inside look at the earth's only flying mammals. Readers discover how bats can pluck insects from the air, fish from the water, and help giant trees and other tropical plants to reproduce, among other fascinating facts. Featuring stunning illustrations, this is a great introduction to an extraordinary mammal.

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More Information

Format: Abridged::Audiobook::Box set::Illustrated::Large P
Pages: 32
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
Published: 07 Mar 2018

ISBN 10: 1590787811
ISBN 13: 9781590787816

Media Reviews
Youngsters will be immediately hooked by the opening text ( If you were a bat, you could stay up all night. You could hang by your thumbs, or hang by your toenails. -- Bulletin for the Center for Children's books With its appealing illustrations in an eye-catching arrangement and clearly written text, Pringle's Bats! Is equal to the best introduction on the subject for this age level - School Library Journal
Author Bio
Laurence Pringle is the recipient of three major awards for his body of work--the Eva L. Gordon Award for Children's Science Literature, the Washington Post--Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award, and a Lifetime Achievement Prize from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He lives in West Nyack, New York.

Meryl Henderson has illustrated most of the books in the Strange and Wonderful series. She lives in upstate New York.