Bats at the Beach
by Brian Lies
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Childhood fears can seem insurmountable and being afraid of the dark is an especially pernicious one. Children’s imaginations can work overtime at night supplying monsters that must be making all the noises that they hear at night. This marvelous book turns the night into a playtime for bats. The bats do everything kids would at the beach with their parents. Told in rhyming couplets the story helps to demystify the night and fill it with fun things to imagine. The illustrations are beautiful ...more
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Read in November, 2007
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This unique picture book had me smiling throughout. The tale of a group of bats who wait until nightfall to go for a family outing at the beach is strong in both story and pictures. Written in lyrical rhyme, the story has bats doing everything a person might do on the beach, but in their own way--bat kites, roasting cricket mallows, burying each other in the sand and drawing bird wings, etc. The story is engaging and the pictures entertaining. I especially loved the picture of the bat's face...more
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Read in May, 2008
I love bats and my daughter loves bats. We see a bat book at the library that we haven't read, and you know we will check it out.
This book is outstanding - it's a story about a family going to the beach, the only difference being that it's a bat family so everything they do is done from a slightly different perspective. The story is cute and the illustrations are fantastic.
This book is outstanding - it's a story about a family going to the beach, the only difference being that it's a bat family so everything they do is done from a slightly different perspective. The story is cute and the illustrations are fantastic.
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I read this book to my two-year-old about a hundred times and never got tired of it, which I can only say of a very few other books. The rhymes are charming and never forced, the illustrations are inspired and really fun to look at. You can spend several minutes on each page just soaking in the details, then notice something that makes you laugh out loud. Great picture book.
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Read in February, 2008
I don't know why, but I've always loved bats! I think they are so cute...which is probably why I liked this book. on a crisp clear evening, bats come from across the town to have a beach outing, they do all the regular beach things...surf, sail, fly kites, have snacks...but with a bit of a twist. I think the image of 'bug-mallows' is going to stay with me for a while!
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Read in April, 2008
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Elementary teachers
I used this book during my Bat Unit. It is a fun rhyming book that the children really enjoyed. We were reading so many informational books about bats that we needed a change of pace and to remember that learning is fun. So we all chose a bat activity and one of them was to write an acrostic or a lymric about bats.
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Read in August, 2007
What a fun book! Beautifully -- and darkly -- illustrated. The moon is full and the bats gather up the family to go to the beach. They toast bug-mallows, fly each other as kites, sail in fry boxes they find in the garbage, and generally have a great time. I loved the book and Lenore indulged me with it.
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Read in January, 2007
Oh it is just so charming. This book would convert those non bat lovers because these bats are just downright cute and loveable. About a full moon bat party at the beach. Couldn't be better - so full of whimsy. It has inspired lots of re-enacting over here.
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Read in March, 2008
This is a beautifully illustrated book on what "could" happen when the bats have a night out on the beach. Older students (4-5th grade) like it much more than the younger ones (K-3). Although it does rhyme, it doesn't "flow" as well as I had hoped.
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I sent this book to my two year old niece. It's the perfect story to read to kids. The rhyme is excellent and the pictures are wonderful. The story lends itself to asking questions and engaging your young reader!
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This is my favorite, new children's picture book. It is charming, imaginative, and most of all engaging. A great gift for any age child along with a bucket and shovel for beach play.
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A totally adorable children's book. Lots to look at and fun to read. I highly recommend this for all the little kids in your life.
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Read in January, 2008
This is one of our favorite books to read. Great art, great story and who wouldn't love bats toasting bug-mallows at the beach?!
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Read in July, 2007
I adore the illustrations in this book. So much fun! :)
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The illustrations sold me on this book!
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