Stellaluna

Description

Stellaluna is a 1993 children's book by Janell Cannon about a young fruit bat, Stellaluna, who becomes separated from her mother and finds her way to a nest of birds. She is adopted by them and learns bird-like behavior. Eventually, Stellaluna finds other bats and reunites with her mother, and she learns how to behave like a bat. She introduces the birds to her bat family. Stellaluna and the birds decide that, despite their many differences, they are still friends. Stellaluna was a New York Times bestseller, appeared on the National Education Association's list of "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children", and won several awards, including the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children.

Excerpt

In a warm and sultry forest far, far away, there once lived a mother fruit bat and her new baby.

Description

Separated from her mother before she is old enough to fly, Stellaluna finds out that not all winged creatures eat fruit. But swallowing food that crawls is just one of the many amazing things this little fruit bat must learn to do. Not all are lessons in survival, however. For as Stellaluna adapts to the habits of her new family, she learns the essence of friendship in humorous and touching ways. --front flap

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Other Editions

• StellalunaHardcoverHarcourt Brace Jovanovich1993-01-01
• StellalunaHardcoverHarcourt Brace & Company1993-01-01
• StellalunaPaperbackScholastic1993-01-01
• StelallunaHardcoverEditorial Juventud, S.A.1994-11-01
• StellalunaHardcoverDavid Bennett Books1995-01-01
• StellalunaComputer fileLiving Books1996-01-01