The Secret Life of the Little Brown Bat
by Laurence Pringle; illus. by Kate Garchinsky
32 pages; ages 6-9
Boyds Mills Press, 2018
The sun has set. A July sky dims, then grows darker.
For most of us, that means time to sleep. But for Otis and his family it is time to WAKE UP! There’s so much to do before they fly into the night. The book takes us into the family life of little brown bats, how parents know their pups, and first flight.
What I like about this book: It’s such a personal look into the lives of little brown bats. I love the nearly step-by-step instructions Laurence Pringle gives us on how to hunt using echolocation – not that I’ll ever use it (unless I’m hunting moths maybe). If the bat’s name, Otis, seems familiar that’s because it comes from the genus name Myotis, which means mouse-eared. The illustrations are perfect – with a soft feel that you almost want to snuggle up to.
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