Book Review: Stellaluna

Well, here it is. The first review and I'm actually quite excited about it as I just discovered this book a couple of days ago and loved it.

"Stellaluna" by Janell Cannon

This is a delightful book about a little bat that gets lost and is raised by birds. It is a wonderful story about the things that make us different, yet the same. I found the writing beautiful (something that can't always be said about children's books - even the excellent ones) and the illustrations make the bats "pretty" without distorting their real appearance. In other words, girls won't be disgusted by their appearance, but boys won't think they look too "frou-frou". At the back are two pages of "Bat Notes" - which is all kinds of information about bats. When a children's book teaches me something while still remaining true entertainment to a child, well I think that's just pretty cool.

The appropriate age would probably be between 4 and 8 - although a 9 or 10 year old might still enjoy reading this on their own.