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Title: Let's Look at Bats
Author: Ruth Berman
Narrator: Intuitive
Format: Unabridged
Length: 3 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-15-17
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Genres: Kids, Ages 5-7
Publisher's Summary:
What animal flies, has sharp claws, and hangs upside down to rest? Bats! But do you know what bats do at night? Or how they find food? Listen to this audiobook to find out! Learn all about different animals in the Animal Close-Ups series - part of the Lightning Bolt Books™ collection. With high energy, Lightning Bolt Books™ bring nonfiction topics to life!
Members Reviews:
Great little short non fiction nature book
Well written book for a level 2 reader. Everyone can learn from books written about nature and animals, so a parent reading to a child will enjoy this series of books called, "Let''s look at.."
This is a very well written, basic introduction to bats! SQUEAK! SQUEAK!
For the most part people don't think of bats except when they think of them on Halloween. Many people are afraid of them, but in fact they are a very useful animal. They are nocturnal animals who "rest during the day" and "hunt for insects" at night. They use echolocation to locate them. Their squeaking sounds hit the insect and bounce back, making it easy for bats to find them in the dark. Those somewhat eerie squeaking sounds are, in part, made from the "folds of skin on a bat's face." Bats do have predators of their own and need to watch out for things like snakes.
In this book you will learn that the bat is a mammal (they have hair and "drink milk from their mothers"), they have sharp claws on the ends of their toes, they rest hanging upside down, you'll learn about their different roosts, how they can actually drink while they fly, how some "drink nectar from flowers," the physical construction of their wings, you'll learn about baby bats (pups), how they live in nurseries, how the mother can find her baby in a large crowd of bats, how "some pups ride on their mothers' backs," and more. Do bats have thumbs? If you don't know, you should check out the pictures and diagram in this book!
This is a very well written, basic introduction to bats. The introduction of the characteristics that make the bat a mammal was very nicely done and leaves plenty of room for a classroom or homeschool discussion on the topic. There are scattered dialogue balloons that emphasize a point being made in the text. For example, one says "A bat can get a drink while flying." It has a photograph of a bat dipping to collect water and emphasizes the point that both the student and the bat "need to drink water." The book is liberally illustrated with photographs that will appeal to many students (some will be squeamish). In the back of the book there are some "Fun Facts," a diagram a bat's body parts, an index, a glossary and additional recommended book and website resources.