Stellaluna by Janell Cannon. PICTURE BOOK. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018 (reprint). $19. 9780544874350
BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K, EL (K-3) – ESSENTIAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH
Stellaluna, a bat, gets separated from her mother when an owl attacks them one night. She falls into a nest of birds and tries to adapt to living like a bird. Stellaluna learns she is not quite like a bird, but they do have many similarities.
I loved reading this as a child and I still enjoy reading it today as an adult. The illustrations are wonderful and I love that on the pages with text there are small images of Stellaluna’s mother searching for her while the story is taking place. There is a great message about friendships even though there are differences. The book includes great facts about bats and the story engages children.
SLM
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