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"A sweet, fun, and informative picture book about bat echolocation for kids 3-7. Written by a scientist who works with bats in his everyday life! It's time for Fiona the fruit bat to take her very first flight, but she's scared. How will she fly when she can't see in the dark? Ma...
"Join Bluey on a dreamy nighttime adventure! What will she see in the dark?"--Back cover.
Learn about the latest research and discoveries into the life sciences, biology, and ecology. Each of the 37 segments gives a quick overview and summary of a particular issue that has been investigated by advanced researchers in leading U.S. universities and institutions, and can...
What happens when Bat discovers that some of his precious cherries are missing?
Fruit Bats' sixth album represents a triumphant return to name and form. Fruit Bats' rebirth parallels Johnsons' resiliency and the album is his treaty on how to redefine oneself after tragedy.
"The Pet Parade," the title track to Fruit Bats' ninth album, might be a surprising opening track for longtime fans of Eric D. Johnson's beloved indie folk-rock project. The six-and-a-half-minute tone poem smolders and drones over just two chords, inspired by the strange and sill...
It's Halloween and Diego and Alicia are throwing a party. Everyone's there, including Freddie the Fruit Bat. But where is Linda, the llama who's bringing the treats for the party?
Children can explore the jungles of the world and meet the plants, animals and insects that live there in this colourful lift-the-flap book. Peep under the flaps to discover iguanas warming themselves in the sun in the Amazon, orangutans swinging through the trees in Borneo, fore...
When the adorable fruit bat Stellaluna is separated from her mother, she is adopted by a family of birds, but soon finds that she just can't fit in. Her playmates like to sleep at night; she wants to fly. They whistle and sing; she doesn't even have a beak! But just when it seems...
"An awe-inspiring tour of bat world by the world's leading expert With nearly 1500 species, bats account for more than twenty percent of mammalian species. The most successful and most diverse group of mammals, bats come in different sizes, shapes, and colors, from the tiny bumbl...
Emile, a very responsible polar bear, has a new job as moon keeper. He spends his evenings making sure the moon has everything it needs to shine its light over the night creatures. Night after night he keeps watch over the moon--clearing away the clouds and telling the fruit bats...
"All living things in the natural world, from the trees and the bees to the dogs and the frogs, depend on one another. There wouldn't be a coral reef without the help of all the fish that have made it their home. Rain forests are only filled with lush and colourful plants because...
When the adorable fruit bat Stellaluna is separated from her mother, she is adopted by a family of birds, but soon finds that she just can't fit in. Her playmates like to sleep at night; she wants to fly. They whistle and sing; she doesn't even have a beak! But just when it seems...
Depicts and describes such jungle animals as fruit-eating birds, bats, and big cats.
"Bats have a bad reputation as blood-sucking creatures of the night. But these fascinating mammals actually help people by eating insect pests and pollinating fruit trees and flowers. In this book packed with fun facts and vivid photographs, readers will learn all about the bat's...
"From treetop creatures to the patterns of stars in the night sky, there's lots to discover if you just look up...Keep your eyes and ears open for buzzing insects, swooping bats, and ingenious plants, all with a story behind them. The sky stretching upward is full of enchanting c...
His skates were too small. Or they didn't match. Or they were that ultimate humiliation for a boy trying to play hockey--girls' white figure skates. Add to young Bruce McCall's shabby equipment his pencil-thin wrists, weak ankles, and, as he puts it, "a fruit bat's metabolism wit...