From the award-winning author of No Shelter Here: Making the World a Kinder Place for Dogs and Cat Champions: Caring for our Feline Friends comes an inspiring book about bats, their importance to a wide range of ecosystems, and the young "bat citizens" who are engaged in conservation efforts around the world. In Bat Citizens: Defending the Ninjas of the Night, celebrated animal activist and biologist Rob Laidlaw sheds light on these famously shadowy mammals, from their habits and habitats to their importance for maintaining biodiversity. Bat biology is explored alongside the history of human-bat relations, with facts to fascinate even the most nervous reader. Spotlight features on "Bat Citizens" make this an empowering book for children seeking their own expressions of global citizenship. With informational sidebars, colour photographs, a glossary and index, and a center-gatefold bat illustration, Bat Citizens is a book that will both instruct and inspire.

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised in the Silver Birch - Nonfiction category by the Ontario Library Association Forest of Reading Awards. It was recognised in the Best Books for Kids & Teens category by the Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards. It also was recognised by the Resource Links the Year's Best. It was recognised by the Green Earth Book Award. Also it was recognised in the Nonfiction category by the Northeast Harbor Library June Staff Pick.

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Pajama Press .

Rob Laidlaw is a Chartered Biologist and founder of Zoocheck Canada, a wildlife protection organization. His book Wild Animals in Captivity was a finalist for the OLA Silver Birch Award, and On Parade won the 2011 Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable Information Book Award as well as a Skipping Stones Honor Award. Rob has spent nearly 30 years campaigning to protect animals in captivity and in the wild.

This book has the following chapters: 6 Introduction 7 It's a Bat World 18 Unbelievable Bat Biology 24 Hoary Bat Illustration 26 Bats for a Healthy World 30 Bat Challenges and Solutions 39 Being a Friend to Bats 46 Glossary 47 Index 48 Photo Credits