Baby bat Stellaluna's life is flitting along right on schedule--until an owl attacks her mother one night, knocking the bewildered batlet out of her mother's loving grasp. The tiny bat is lucky enough to land in a nest of baby birds, but her whole world has just turned upside down. Literally.
Additional Information:Stellaluna's adoptive bird mom accepts her into her nest, but only on the condition that Stellaluna will act like a bird, not a bat. Soon Stellaluna has learned to behave like a good bird should--she quits hanging by her feet and starts eating bugs. But when she finally has an opportunity to show her bird siblings what life as a bat is like, all of them are confounded. Anyone who has ever been asked to be someone they're not will understand the conflicts--and possibilities--Stellaluna faces. Grades K-4.
Curriculum Links:
NH & CSD Theater Curriculum Standard 6.4.1: Students will describe visual, aural, oral, and kinetic (involving movement) elements in theatre, dramatic media, dance, music, and visual arts.
NH Reading: Breadth: 3-4:1.3: Reading multiple texts for depth of understanding an author or genre.
