Stellaluna - Hardcover

Cannon, Janell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0152802177 ISBN 13: 9780152802172

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1993

Synopsis

While out searching for food, fruit bat Stellaluna and her mother are attacked by a vicious owl. Stellaluna is separated from Mother Bat and taken in by a family of birds where she must put aside her bat habits to fit in with her new family. But one fateful flight when she is separated from her adoptive siblings, Stellaluna is reunited with her bat family and learns that even though we're different, we're very much the same.

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Review:

Stellaluna is the tender story of a lost young bat who finally finds her way safely home to her mother and friends. This award-winning book by Janell Cannon has sold more than 500,000 copies and was on the bestseller list for more than two years. Multiple Grammy nominee and master storyteller, David Holt, is heard in live concerts throughout the country, on television and on his many award-winning recordings. (Ages 3+)

Side One: 1. Stellaluna. 11:50. Told by David Holt. Original music by Steven Heller. 2. Why the Bat Flies at Night. 6:36. Around the world there are stories about bats and how they came to fly at night. This is David's version.

Side Two: 1. Hattie, the Backstage Bat. 6:17. This story is by Don Freeman, the author of "Corduroy." 2. Amazing Bat Facts. 8:25. What you never knew about bats! 3. Stellaluna's Theme. 1:14.

Review:

[set star]"Delightful and informative but never didactic."--Kirkus Reviews (starred)

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0152802177
• ISBN 13: 9780152802172
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 48