The Bat in the Boot tells the story of a neighbor’s surprise encounter with bats

The Bat in the Boot tells the story of a neighbor’s surprise encounter with bats. Today I live with my husband on a wild-ish acre in civilized Portland, Oregon. We take bicycling/sketching trips to Mt. Hood, the high desert, and south central Montana. Books by Annie Cannon. Mor. rivia About The Bat In The Boot.

Annie Cannon (Author). PreSchool-Grade 2?One Saturday morning, two children find a baby bat in a boot. They place it in a shoebox and feed and care for it throughout the day, speculating about how it got in the boot and where its mother might be. After supper, the creature begins chittering and its mother swoops into the house and scoops it up. Based on an actual incident, a few facts are seamlessly incorporated into the text, as is a boxed insert on "bat luck.

Cannon's first solo outing (she illustrated Jo Carson's You Hold Me and I'll Hold You, 1992) .

Cannon's first solo outing (she illustrated Jo Carson's You Hold Me and I'll Hold You, 1992) demonstrates she is as at home with text as she is with pictures.

About Annie Cannon: I grew up in the country near the Ohio River. The Bat in the Boot tells the story of a neighbor’s surprise encounter with bats

About Annie Cannon: I grew up in the country near the Ohio River. The Bat in the Boot tells the story of a neighbor’s surprise encounter with bats. Today I live with my husband on a wild-ish acre in "I grew up in the country near the Ohio River. I used the Super 8 movies he made of tadpoles in our pond as references for Tale of a Tadpole. My mother wrote essays, poetry and novels. My first published illustrations were for her essay-journal, The Inland Island.

PreSchool-Grade 2?One Saturday morning, two children find a baby bat in a boot

PreSchool-Grade 2?One Saturday morning, two children find a baby bat in a boot.

A family finds a baby bat in their mudroom and takes care of him until his mother comes back for him.

A family finds a baby bat in their mudroom and takes care of him until his mother comes back for hi. A family finds a baby bat in their mudroom and takes care of him until his mother comes back for him.

The Bat in the Boot, story and pictures by Annie Cannon. A New True Book: Bats would be an excellent way to introduce step-up level readers to the wonders of chapter books. Stellaluna, by Jarrell Cannon (See annotation below)(fiction). Spooky and the Wizard's Bats, by Natalie Savage Carlson, illustrated by Andrew Glass (fiction). Batwings and the Curtain of Night, by Marguerite W. Davol, illustrated by Mary GrandPre (fiction). The photos and drawings, combined with the large type, make this less intimidating than other texts. Less advanced readers would also benefit, for knowledge is empowering. Published by Thriftbooks

Published by Thriftbooks. com User, 9 years ago. "The Bat in the Boot" is a beautifully told and well-illustrated story about a young girl who finds a baby bat in her father's boot, and together with her family (mom, dad, and brother) try to sustain the baby bat's life.

The Bat (Norwegian: Flaggermusmannen, "Bat Man") is a 1997 crime novel by Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø, the first in the Harry Hole series. Norwegian police officer Harry Hole is sent to Sydney, Australia to serve as an attaché for the Australian police's investigation into the murder of a young female Norwegian celebrity, Inger Holter. Her boyfriend, Evans White, is initially approached as a suspect.