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Bats at the Beach (A Bat Book) Hardcover – Picture Book, April 12, 2006

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4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 502 ratings
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FromCaldecott honor–winning and New York Times best-selling author-illustrator Brian Lies, a charming and lyrical beachy read perfect for summertime—or anytime. The first of many nighttime adventures with the award-winning Bat Book series.

Quick, call out! Tell all you can reach: the night is just perfect for bats at the beach!

So pack your buckets, banjos, and blankets—don’t forget the moon-tan lotion—and wing with this bunch of fuzzy bats to where foamy sea and soft sand meet.

Brian Lies’s enchanting art and cheery beachside verse will inspire bedtime imaginations again and again. Come visit a bedazzling world of moonlight, firelight, and . . . bats!

Check out brianlies.com for more escapades with these zany bats.
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    3 - 6 years, from customers
  2. Part of series
    A Bat Book
  3. Print length
    32 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    Preschool - 3
  6. Dimensions
    10.75 x 0.38 x 9 inches
  7. Publisher
    Clarion Books
  8. Publication date
    April 12, 2006
  9. ISBN-10
    061855744X
  10. ISBN-13
    978-0618557448
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Read All the Little Bat Books Little Bat can't wait for his first night of school. He is excited about everything: his new school supplies, learning amazing things, and making new friends. A late-spring night sky fills with bats flocking to a theater already echoing and booming with delightful sounds of music—bat music! Grab your bat—the other kind—and your mitt, because it’s a whole new ballgame when evening falls and bats come fluttering from the rafters to watch their all-stars compete. Roam the book-filled halls on this inky evening as the bats wander around the library and cause all sorts of mischief. Pack your buckets, banjos, and blankets—don’t forget the moon-tan lotion—and wing with this bunch of fuzzy bats to where foamy sea and soft sand meet.

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PreSchool-Grade 3–This is the quintessential book about going to the beach complete with overflowing picnic baskets, kite flying, singing around the campfire, and scratchy sand in places where no sand should be. Kids will certainly identify with the exuberant and familiar fun, but what will get them howling is the fact that the characters are bats that are visiting the beach in the moonlight. The rhyming text is grounded in reality with many inventive twists to keep the imagination rolling. There is moon-tan lotion, salted 'skeeters, and bat kites. Where the book truly soars is in the dark yet luminescent art where bat wings glow in the light of the full moon and the sky is a steely blue. The faces on the bats are furry and friendly. These creatures use cocktail umbrellas for beach umbrellas; they hold wing-boat races in red-and-white checked food containers; and when it's time for a late-night snack, they enter the ice-cream shack where a lit light bulb attracts a multitude of succulent bugs. Readers may not be tempted to try marshmallows with bug legs and gossamer wings but that won't keep them from reveling in this grand adventure.–Martha Topol, Traverse Area District Library, Traverse City, MI
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K-Gr. 2. The trope of a day at the beach is turned on its head with a family of bats that spend a night there, complete with "moon-tan lotion." Young bats play with "the stuff [they] find" and bury each other in the sand; older ones sing around the campfire and toast "bug-mallows" (an episode accompanied by a slightly icky image of marshmallows with legs and wings). The rhyming text, which floats white against the dark backdrops, leaves no beach activity or experience unmentioned, right down to the unpleasant feel of itchy sand "where no sand should be." The acrylic paintings are appropriately dark but never muddy, and the gently anthropomorphized bats, every strand of fur sharply delineated, follow in the cute-but-still-batlike tradition of Stellaluna (1993). Readers will be swept right along until the sun comes up and the bats return home: "We sigh and snuggle close together / to dream about the moony weather." GraceAnne DeCandido
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Clarion Books; Illustrated edition (April 12, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 061855744X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0618557448
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 3 - 6 years, from customers
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 3
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.75 x 0.38 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 502 ratings

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Brian Lies is the author/illustrator of the 2019 Caldecott Honor winner THE ROUGH PATCH, and of GOT TO GET TO BEAR'S! He also created the New York Times bestselling bat series, including BATS AT THE BEACH, BATS AT THE LIBRARY, BATS AT THE BALLGAME, and BATS IN THE BAND. He's the author and/or llustrator of more than two dozen other books, including MALCOLM AT MIDNIGHT (by W.H. Beck, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) and MORE (by I.C. Springman, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). He has won many awards for his work, including the 2011 Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award (Kansas State picture book award). Born in Princeton, New Jersey, Brian lives in eastern Massachusetts with his wife and daughter. He has loved libraries and books since he was little, and enjoys working with students in schools around the country. When he travels, he rarely misses an opportunity to explore the local library.

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I just love the tiny whimsical details in this book. It is filled with Easter eggs . Big fan of Bats at the Beach. The illustrations have fabulous use of light and shadow. It is a book that reminds you to enjoy life’s simple pleasures. The whole series is great and will help your kid fall in love with these important creatures.
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David
5.0 out of 5 stars Just Buy It.
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2021
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We really struggle with finding a good book these days for the kids to enjoy. There seem to be a huge amounts of book being written, and few that flow or make sense. This book was exactly what our kids wanted. It’s cute, uses words they don’t hear everyday which leads to questions and interest, and the illustrations are full of detail. We have read it, re read it, and then back to go over the pictures to see all the stuff we missed.

As a parent these days, finding books to compete with Technology is difficult. I am happy to say that this book is a great winner for us. I paired it with a Wild Republic Bat stuffed animal as a gift for my daughter… worked great. Thank you for creating this book ….. it was needed.
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Michelle
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2023
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Great book, excellent visuals and good vocabulary. A well written and fun story for children.
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Heather Euler
5.0 out of 5 stars Best of The Bats books
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2022
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This book is really cute and we often buy it as a gift for kids to take on their beach vacations. It is thematic and adults will enjoy reading it at bedtime.
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NC Born & Raised
5.0 out of 5 stars A winner!
Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2023
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I gave this to my grandson when we went to the beach for our vacation. He loves it!!!
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Barbara O'Connor
5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning!
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2006
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I'll start with the artwork: one word - STUNNING! Brian makes those beach-bound bats so appealing! Young children will want to look at the pictures over and over - there's so much to see. The moonglow on the ocean, the fireglow on the faces of the bats, the humorous activities of the bat children..... And what kid won't LOVE those icky bugmallows roasting over the fire!

Now the text: this is such a fresh story. Kids will love hearing what those playful bats do at the beach while the rest of the world is fast asleep.

This one is a pure joy from start to finish - and one that your kids will ask for again and again.
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ScotFlower
4.0 out of 5 stars Adorable! But bats look like mice with wings.
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2018
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Bats at the beach book was far better than I anticipated. This is a fictional story in which the bats have a night at the beach. There are cute "jokes" in the wording and images that make the book so batty but paralleling humans to show that difference. These parallels actually heal to teach more than you would think about bats. For example there are cricket legs coming out of marshmallows or the snack bar is hanging next to a light bulb which teaches that bats eat bugs and hang upside down. I was overjoyed that someone would honor bats by making them the main characters of a wonderful children's book. My one complaint is that the bats look more like mice with wings - not like real bats. I know there are a lot of bat species in the world, but most of them have very big pointy ears or some sort of projections to the face or nose... these bats did not have those features. In fact, the only way you know they are bats is they have bat wings. I just wished they looked less like mice and more like a bat but still being cute.
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LauraAnne
5.0 out of 5 stars Witty and wonderful!
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2022
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The concept and descriptions are really clever and the illustrations are fantastic. Lots to see (& discuss) on each page. Really a great book.
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tyese
5.0 out of 5 stars Soo Fun to read aloud
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2021
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my students thought this book was so funny. I read this to kinder and 1st grade students they laughed out loud when the bats were roasting bug-mellos. while this is a cute fun story it also has some actual bat facts like they only come out at night and they eat bugs and pictures depict how they carry their babies. also the pictures in this book are very nice.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Recomiendo
Reviewed in Spain on November 4, 2019
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Smilla
3.0 out of 5 stars Nett, aber nicht ganz abgerundet
Reviewed in Germany on September 18, 2014
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hält nicht mit "bats at the library" nicht ganz mit; jedenfalls regen die Fledermäuse am Strand Fantasie und Lachmuskeln nicht so sehr an wie in der Bücherei!
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Alex
5.0 out of 5 stars Non c'è un altro libro come questo
Reviewed in Italy on August 4, 2013
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Questo libro e' uno dei miei preferiti per dare come
regalo ai bambini. Utilizza un'inglese molto bella e
ritmica- i disegni sono bellissimi e particolari.
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Patrick318
4.0 out of 5 stars My oldest loves it
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 5, 2022
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Not my favourite kids book to read but my child seems love really enjoy it and seeing what the bats get up to. Very well illustrated.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on November 3, 2016
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This book is delightful!
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