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Bats Around the Clock
by
Kathi Appelt (Goodreads Author)
It's fun to tell time as you dance around the clock
Put on your dancing shoes and get ready to boogie It's American Batstand - a twelve-hour rock and roll extravaganza with Click Dark as your host. Decked in go-go boots and bobby sox, the buoyant bats bebop their way around the clock. And there's a special guest appearance at the end
With their swinging text and groovy il
...moreHardcover, 32 pages
Published
April 30th 2000
by HarperCollins
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Amanda
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Recommends it for:
moms of toddlers who love numbers, bats, or clocks
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I got this initially as a forerunner to Halloween, thinking that the bats would be right in season. We must have had out a lot of interesting books at the same time, because my 2 1/2 y.o never wanted me to read this one. When I finally did, he was in love with it! The bats do a different kind of dance at each hour (and if I were my mom's age I probably could have shown them what they were, but I've only heard of them, never seen any except maybe the swim). There is a nice little clock face o...more
At one o'clock the bats shrug. At two o'clock the host said stop. It's time to jitterbug. The bats spun at three o'clock. The bats bopped. All around the clock the bats danced and did funny things. And every single bat in the world was at the party. Every single one. -by Felicity
Thought this would be a fun book to reinforce telling time--but it really has nothing of substance to offer. . .
Click Dark?! American Batstand?! Somewhere between corny and cute, this book is!
Cute rhyming book that helps with time recognition.
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Lives in College Station, TX with husband Ken and four adorable cats.
Two sons, both musicians.
Serves on the faculty at Vermont College of Fine Arts in the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults Program.
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Two sons, both musicians.
Serves on the faculty at Vermont College of Fine Arts in the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults Program.
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