Author: Janell Cannon
Title: Stellaluna
Illustrator: Janell Cannon
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Chapter Book
Theme: Overcoming obstacles
Primary and Secondary characters: Stellaluna
Awards, date of publication: 1993
Publishing company:Harcourt's Childrens Books
Stellaluna is a baby fruit bat happily flying along with her mother when an owl attacks. The poor little bat is knocked out of her mother's grasp and lands in a birds' nest. The mother bird accepts Stellaluna as long as she acts like a bird, not a bat. Soon enough, Stellaluna learns to eat bugs and stop hanging by her feet. When she finally has a chance to show her bird siblings, Pip, Flutter and Flap, what life as a bat is like, they are left all in a muddle:How can we be so different and feel so much alike. This story is one that the children can relate to. If they know people who are different colored than them or a different gender.
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