The Bat-Poet

Randall Jarrell

ISBN 10: 0020439105 / ISBN 13: 9780020439103

Published by Macmillan Publishing Co. 1977, 1977

About this Item

Softcover First Ed. Children will cherish this book. It is so interesting that they will not want to put it down until finished. Owner's name inscribed on title page. A couple of small scuffs on front cover, otherwise Near VVG. (42 Pgs.). Seller Inventory # AA-SC-7609

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Bat-Poet

Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Co. 1977

Publication Date: 1977

Binding: Soft cover

Illustrator: Maurice Sendak

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

There was once a little brown bat who couldn't sleep days—he kept waking up and looking at the world. Before long he began to see things differently from the other bats who from dawn to sunset never opened their eyes. The Bat-Poet is the story of how he tried to make the other bats see the world his way.

With illustrations by Maurice Sendak, The Bat-Poet—a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book selection—is a collection of the bat's own poems and the bat's own world: the owl who almost eats him; the mockingbird whose irritable genius almost overpowers him; the chipmunk who loves his poems, and the bats who can't make heads or tails of them; the cardinals, blue jays, chickadees, and sparrows who fly in and out of Randall Jarrell's funny, lovable, truthful fable.

Supports the Common Core State Standards

From the Back Cover:

There was once a little brown bat who couldn't sleep days—he kept waking up and looking at the world. Before long he began to see things differently from the other bats, who from dawn to sunset never opened their eyes. The Bat-Poet is the story of how he tried to make the other bats see the world his way.