Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Picture Book #24



Title-Stellaluna

Author-Janell Cannon

Illustrator-Janell Cannon

Genre-Informative  Book

Subgenre-Fiction

Theme-Bats, Birds, nature

Primary and secondary characters-Stellaluna, Pip, Flitter, and Flap

Date of publication-1993

Publishing company-Scholastic, Inc.

Brief summary-Stellaluna loses her mother when an owl attacks them.  Soon she must learn to live with the birds and act like a bird.  She gives up her bat ways so that she can have a family, but soon finds her mother again. 

I would use this book to inform my students about bats and birds.  It is also a good book for entertainment or pleasure. 

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