Stellaluna (1993)

a great childhood read ( )

A bat who is still learning their way around living.

Stelaluna is a book about a bat that losses its way and ends up in a bird's nest. He is then adopted by the mother bird and he learns the actions of a bird. She learns to make friends with the birds even when they are different than her. This story teaches us that we can all be friends no matter our differences. ( )

As a read aloud but always felt it was a bit long.
Had the matching Beanie Baby also.
Had Verdi also and we liked it, but Stellaluna more so. ( )

This is a story of a little fruit bat named Stellaluna. This little one gets separated from her mother and is found and taken care of by a mama bird. The mama bird insists that Stellaluna do everything the way ordinary birds do, which is totally different than the way bats do things. When Stellaluna can finally fly, and actually ends up finding her mother, she is told that what she feels is the right way to do things are her natural instincts, and that she should follow them. She is very relieved to be able to do all the things bats naturally do once again.