Bats Night Out

"A charming and informative story about a pipistrelle bat. . . . Offers vivid descriptions of the animal's flight, its navigational skills, and the hunt for food." – School Library Journal Features an audio read-along! Night 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! Back matter includes an index. A Common Core Text Exemplar

Quick, call out Tell all you can reach: the night is just perfect for bats at the beach So pack your buckets, banjos, and blankets don t forget the moon-tan lotion and wing with this bunch of fuzzy bats to where foamy sea and soft sand meet. Brian Lies s enchanting art and cheery beachside verse will inspire bedtime imaginations again and again. Come visit a bedazzling world of moonlight, firelight, and . . . bats "

The Caldecott Honor winner and New York Times bestselling author of Bats at the Beach “pays homage to the pleasures to be found within libraries and books” (School Library Journal). Another inky evening’s here—the air is cool and calm and clear. Can it be true? Oh, can it be? Yes!—Bat Night at the library! Join the free-for-all fun at the public library with these book-loving bats! Shape shadows on walls, frolic in the water fountain, and roam the book-filled halls until it’s time for everyone, young and old, to settle down into the enchantment of story time. Brian Lies’s joyful critters and their nocturnal celebration cast library visits in a new light. Even the youngest of readers will want to join the batty book-fest! “As with its predecessor, this book’s richly detailed chiaroscuro paintings find considerable humor at the intersection where bat and human behavior meet. But the author/artist outdoes himself: the library-after-dark setting works a magic all its own, taking Lies and his audience to a an intensely personal place.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “The rhymed narrative serves primarily as the vehicle for the appealing acrylic illustrations that teem with bats so charming they will even win over chiroptophobes.”—Booklist “There is enough merriness here to keep the story bubbling . . . Pictures light-handedly capture the Cheshire Bat, Winnie the Bat and Little Red Riding Bat.”—Kirkus Reviews

Describes the life cycle, physical characteristics, and habits of the little brown bat, one of the most widespread bats in North America.

One of the largest bat colonies in North America lives in Austin,, Texas. During the summer months, the Mexican Free Tailed bats live under Congress Avenue Bridge. They spend the winter months living in caves of Central Mexico, then migrate back to Texas for the warm summer. Hector's Escapades is the endearing story of one of the bat pups whose home is under that bridge. His escapades are exciting and instructive to young children, who are then able to understand the benign role that these bats play in our world.

Hector, a Mexican free-tailed bat, spends the summer in Austin, Texas, before migrating for the winter to Mexico.

Describes the varieties, habitats, behavior, and physical characteristics of bats.

When many people are getting ready to go to sleep, most bats are waking up and stretching their wings. This book explores facts and fallacies about the world's only flying mammal. Informative text and fun fact boxes explain how important bats are to the ecosystem and how misunderstood they are at times. Color photographs show that some bats are also very cute. Readers will find out why bats are nothing to be afraid of, unless you happen to be an insect, of course.

Presents an introduction to bats, discussing their physical characteristics, feeding behaviors, nocturnal habits, migration, their role in helping ecosystems, and their place in popular culture, along with instructions for building a bat house.