Hello, Bumblebee Bat

by Darrin Lunde, Patricia J. Wynne (Illustrator)

Overview

My name is Bumblebee Bat.
I may be small,
but I'm a great flyer.
I live in a secret cave with my brothers and sisters.

Want to know more? Then open this Geisel Honor book and fly with Bumblebee Bat into the night.

A series of questions and answers introduce children to the life and habitat of the exotic and endangered Bumblebee Bat. One inch long and the weight of a dime, these tiniest of bats are carefully protected; expert author Darrin Lunde takes us to their home in Thailand and provides a sneak peek into their world. Scientifically accurate illustrations make these exotic animals accessible to young readers.

Back matter includes additional child-friendly facts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781580895262
Publisher:	Charlesbridge
Publication date:	01/05/2016
Pages:	14
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

Darrin Lunde has worked as a mammalogist at the American Museum of Natural History and at the Smithsonian Institute. His work has brought him into contact with all kinds of animals, big and small, throughout the remote forests of South America, Africa, and Asia where he camped for months at a time to survey species diversity and to discover new species. He is the author of HELLO, BUMBLEBEE BAT, a Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Honor Book, AFTER THE KILL, and other books about animals. He lives in Washington, DC.

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Hello, little bat. What is your name?
(Continues…)

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Editorial Reviews

Framed as simply phrased questions and answers in differently sized type, this interview with the world's smallest bat-at rest, about the size of a quarter, as a life-sized view on the final page attests-will fill in younger naturalists on its looks, diet, enemies ("Bumblebee Bat, what do you fear?" "I am afraid of humans and birds") and habits. Generally wearing a fixed-looking smile and facing viewers directly, the interviewee flits across twilit, precisely detailed painted scenes, posing next to a bee and a mouse for scale, hunting and chowing down on a moth and then retiring to a sleeping cave with its "brothers and sisters." Rare enough to be officially endangered, these diminutive creatures get at least a mention in most of the general introductions to bats, but they're highlighted here with a distinctive charm that's likely to linger with children. Jill C. Wheeler's photo-illustrated Bumblebee Bats (2005) is aimed at a slightly older audience. (Picture book/nonfiction. 5-7)

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