Review By KRISTIN WALD The wonderfully fun and informative SCIENCE COMICS series, which has brought us exciting topics like coral reefs, dinosaurs, and volcanoes, is about to get a new addition: Bats: Learning to Fly. Infusing storytelling with sidebar information, author Falynn Koch tells the story of Little Brown, a bat who loses his way and is swatted away […]
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Bats: Learning to Fly
February 1st, 2017 · No Comments · Books
Tags: Bats·Comic Books·Falynn Koch·Graphic Novels·Illustration·Issues Facing Wildlife·Kristin Wald·Nocturnal Animals·Older Elementary·Science·Science Books·Texas·Wild Animals·Wildlife·Wildlife Rehabilitation
The Monsters’ Monster
April 8th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By KATRINA F. This story is, in a word, charming. The Monsters’ Monster is the tale of three tiny monster friends who constantly bicker over which of them is the biggest and baddest monster. Ultimately, they can’t make up their minds and decide to create the biggest, baddest monster together, using some comical and […]
Tags: Bats·Caretaking·Good for Toddlers·Humor·Junk Food·Katrina Donovan Fleming·Kindness·Monsters·Patrick McDonnell·Picture Books·Preschoolers·Rats·Snakes·Spiders
Stellaluna
October 30th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM In the evenings when we sit outside, we see bats swooping through the air. My daughter happily points out that they are “Stellalunas!” Granted, Stellaluna is about a fruit bat and we don’t have them here in Southern Nevada but I love that she has a positive impression of bats because of […]
Tags: Bats·Early Elementary·Friendship·Halloween·Homa Woodrum·Illustration·Interspecies Friendship·Janell Cannon·Preschoolers
Birthday Zoo
May 7th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By ROBYN MOORE Birthday Zoo is a story that revolves around animals in the zoo who are celebrating a boy’s birthday party. Through clever rhymes, each animal plays a different role at the party. For example, the sloth says, “Spread out a cloth,” and the bats instruct, “Pass out the hats.” My favorite came […]
Tags: Bats·Birthday·Deborah Lee Rose·Good for Toddlers·Illustration·Lynn Munsinger·Preschoolers·Recycling·Robyn Moore·Sloths·Tapirs·Zoos