Dark Knight: I Am Batman, The

by Catherine Hapka, Kanila Tripp (Illustrator), Adrian Barrios (Illustrator)

When Batman sees the Bat-Signal up in the sky, it means that danger is near! He'll need his Batsuit and Bat-Pod to help keep Gotham City safe from its newest enemy—the Joker!

Genres: Superheroes, Childrens, Picture Books, Kids, Batman

32 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2008

About the author

Catherine (Cathy) Hapka has written more than one hundred books for children and adults, as a ghostwriter for series as well as original titles, including the Romantic Comedies Something Borrowed, The Twelve Date of Christmas, and Love on Cue. She lives in Pennsylvania.

Reviews

[Rosa Cline · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a level 2 reading book, (although I would have rated it a higher end level 1.) It's not like many of the Batman books that are more complex with a villain and Batman has to rescue the city etc. This one is simple and explains kind of 'who' Batman is...mentions his tools and his friends. There isn't really a 'story' here but for children who like Batman they will enjoy the book. My special needs teen age son loved it!

[Ashley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Like I stated before, I'm downsizing my collection of all things Batman and DC. The logical place to start was the kids books that I have, due to myself not having kids. I'm reading through each one to get a feel for which kid in my life would benefit the most from the book and where the small paperbook would bring the most joy.
It's a good introduction to Batman for small readers that might not be pre-exposed to Bats and Joker by nerdy parents.

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

My nephew liked this book just fine. It was a perfectly adequate introduction to Bruce Wayne as Batman, although I would venture to guess that a lot of little boys already know all about Batman by the time they get around to reading a book like this. My nephew is four, so he did get something out of this. He had no idea that Batman was Bruce Wayne. He said, "Oh, like Peter Parker is Spider-Man when he puts on his suit."

I think my nephew and I really like our superhero books to be a little more action packed than this one was. It was fine, but it was no T. Rex Trouble, or Spider-Man Versus Hydro-Man.

[Lesley · Rating 3 out of 5]

I choose to read this book because my daughter who loves Batman bought a bunch of these easy chapter books. I have these type of chapter books in classroom in order for my students can practice reading. I don't necessarily have easy chapter books for boys to read. So I am taking a set to the classroom so the boys can have books that they can relate to.

Published: 2008
Genre: Easy Chapterbooks

[Carter and Harrison · Rating 2 out of 5]

My son picked this up from the library. I wish I had paid more attention because it is a "The Dark Night" book based on the movie (which my young children have not seen, and I have no intention of showing them). Not something lighthearted like the Adam West Batman my kids are used to.

[Jake]

Mommy isn't fond of books like this, but they amuse me terribly.

[Ryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I pretty much liked it. I liked it so much I can't even decide what's my favorite part.

[Jeffrey · Rating 2 out of 5]

Another one of those tie-ins with The Dark Knight. There's plenty of good kid-type Batman to go around, why tie-in with a movie that should have been rated R?

[Tate Rytky · Rating 5 out of 5]

The coolest part was when Batman threw his Batarang at the sprinklers.

[Maximus · Rating 5 out of 5]

same as spider-man for surezez

[Chase · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read it all by myself.

[Andrea Labonte · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good Book.

[Sharon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another superhero origin story.

[Amy Mccarty]

**9/4/13

[Megan · Rating 3 out of 5]

My sons really enjoyed this one

[Brooke Beeson-King · Rating 3 out of 5]

One of the better of the "I Can Read" series.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good kids book

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Batman fights the Joker. And wins, of course.