Bats!

Janell Cannon's Stellaluna is a picture book that changes the reader's mind about bats. The story is heart-warming and entertaining at the same time that it provides interesting facts about fruit bats. The reader can't help but fall in love with the adorable main character, a bat named Stellaluna.

Some ideas for how this book could be used in the classroom:

• Read-aloud & discussion book
• Facts & Opinions about bats
• Research project (Students could do their own research on other creatures who have a bad reputation like wolves, snakes, sharks, rats, cockroaches, spiders, flies, scorpions, piranha)
• Storywriting (Students could write their own story that gives the facts about a creature with a bad reputation. This could be the second part of a research project -- or this could be one option for sharing research.)