Bat count : a citizen science story

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Title:

Bat count : a citizen science story

Author:

Forrester, Anna, 1966- author.

Detwiler, Susan, illustrator.

Bat Conservation International.

Summary:

"Jojo is prepping for an exciting night; it's time for the bat count! Bats have always been a welcome presence during the summers in the family barn. But over the years, the numbers have dwindled as many bats in the area caught white-nose syndrome. Jojo and her family count the bats and send the numbers to scientists who study bats, to see if the bat population can recover. On a summer evening, the family quietly makes their way to the lawn to watch the sky and count the visitors to their farm."-- Dust jacket.

Audience:

Age 4-8.

K to grade 3.

AD600L Lexile

Structure indicator: 90 (high) Syntactic indicator: 100 (very high) Semantic indicator: 80 (high) Decoding indicator: 60 (medium) Lexile.

General Note:

"Bat Conservation International."

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Genre:

Picture books.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader LG 3.5 0.5.

Subject Term:

Bats -- Juvenile literature.

Counting -- Juvenile literature.

Author(s):

Detwiler, Susan,

Added Corporate Author:

Bat Conservation International.

Publisher:

Arbordale Publishing,

Publication Date:

2017

ISBN:

9781628558944

9781628558951

9781628558968

Publication Information:

Mt. Pleasant, SC : Arbordale Publishing, [2017]

Call Number:

P FORREST

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Summary

Jojo is prepping for an exciting night; it's time for the bat count! Bats have always been a welcome presence during the summers in the family barn. But over the years, the numbers have dwindled as many bats in the area caught white-nose syndrome. Jojo and her family count the bats and send the numbers to scientists who study bats, to see if the bat population can recover. On a summer evening, the family quietly makes their way to the lawn to watch the sky and count the visitors to their farm.

Author Notes

Anna Forrester is an amateur naturalist who finds inspiration for her writing in the quirks and curiosities she encounters in the natural world. When she isn't writing or reading or messing around outdoors, she creates gardens and other green play spaces for city kids. Bat Count: A Citizen Science Story is Anna's debut picture book, and was inspired by counts she does with family and friends every summer at a farm in Pennsylvania. She loves biking, paddling, and making things'from soups to bug hotels to giant paper snowflakes.