Bats at the Ballgame
Childrens Picture Books on Video
No. of pages 32
Published: 2018
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This book is the winner of numerous awards
This book features in the following series: Bat Books, Childrens Picture Books On Video .
This book is aimed at children in preschool-3rd grade.
This book has been graded for interest at 4-7 years.
There are 32 pages in this book.
This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).
This book was published in 2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company .
The award-winning author and illustrator Brian Lies has created more than twenty books for children. Born in Princeton, New Jersey, Brian lives on the South Shore of Massachusetts with his wife and daughter.
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This book has been nominated for the following awards:
California Young Reader Medal - Primary School
This book was recognised in the Primary School category by the California Young Reader Medal.
Keystone to Reading Award - Primary School
This book was recognised in the Primary School category by the Keystone to Reading Book Award.
"Baseball stadiums have an innate magic, never more so than in the hands of Lies, whose latest has the winged creatures gathering for an epic game, complete with 'beenuts and Cricket Jack, ' and an upside down audience" --Publishers Weekly, starred review
"The visual effect is quite stunning, with some fantastically disorienting upside-down spreads to reflect the fans' hanging position, and much of the language is utterly delicious."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Careful readers will find plenty of inventive details to make this latest outing to the bats' nocturnal world worthwhile." --School Library Journal
Praise for Brian Lies' New York Times best-selling books:
Bats at the Beach
"Brilliant, brilliant paintings . . . just a whiz-bang summer book, anytime book. Everybody should look at this." --Daniel Pinkwater, NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday
"Perfect for sharing with younglings of the wingless sort." --Kirkus Reviews
"The book truly soars in the dark yet luminescent art. . . . A grand adventure." --School Library Journal
"Fetching . . . [A] wonderful read-aloud." --Newsday
Bats at the Library
"The library-after-dark setting works a magic all its own, taking Lies and his audience to an intensely personal place." --Publishers Weekly, starred review
"[Lies] brings a sure, expressive and transporting hand to this story of a colony of bats paying a nighttime visit to a small-town library." --Kirkus Reviews
"Illustrations teem with bats so charming they will even win over chiroptophobes." --Booklist
"Another tale of bat mischief . . . the charm is all in the story itself." --New York Times Book Review
