![]() This is definitely one of those good coming-of-age stories. And the little brown bat is also trying to find his place and a way of explaining himself to others. ![]() ![]() Instead of following the others he chooses to stay where home is for him.īy not following the others of his kind he finds himself wanting to explore an unknown world that is full of beauty although also not making sense to him. One day the rest of the bats get a wish to retire to an old barn while this little bat the color of coffee with cream just doesn't understand why. The story covers the fact there is a colony of bats who roost on the roof of the porch. ![]() Instead this would be a good for a bit older audience, especially those who are learning poetry for the first time. I wouldn't suggest the book to young children since some of the words and concepts would go over their heads even though they would love the pictures. The summary of the book is almost a bit off-balance since there weren't that much other birds fluttering around but the book was cute with the characters that were in it while catching the beauty of a natural world we don't take the time to stop and think about the way of its other inhabitants. A poet, novelist, translator, and critic as well as writer for children, Jarrell was a prolific author whose best-known works include the poems collected in The Woman at the Washington Zoo and The Lost World, the academic comedy Pictures from an Institution, the childrens story The Bat Poet, and Poetry and the Age, a group of essays. ![]()
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