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The Bat Cave
A story rooted in the ecology of the rare Greater horseshoe bat in England and Wales.
38 pages, Paperback
Published March 1, 2019
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April 18, 2019
As my first time as an adult reader of a children book, I greatly enjoyed this story by Jonathan Walter. The Bat Cave tells the story of little Jack, a young bat living with the family: mother father and George, Jack’s little brother. Jack, grown up enough, goes out with the father and learns how to live outside the cave, while the mother and little George stay home. Arthur — Jack and George’s dad — teach Jack how to hunt and prepares the son for a future in the wild and on its own, and Jack enjoys the experiences with the father. I believe children will find entertaining, and interesting the easy reading of this light story, where even the sad concept of death is addressed in a delicate way.
The Bat Cave by Jonathan Walter is an insightful illustrated tale for children about the feared and hated bats. It explains, though, that there’s no reason to feel that way about these perhaps ugly but harmless beasts. Specifically, this story is about Greater Horseshoe bats, an endangered species that lives in caves or dark, smelly and dump places typical of England and Wales. They eat dung beetles that live in cow poo. The story seems compelling for children, but I find interesting as an adult as well. The illustrations of the Italian artist Rosaria Costa are so evocative, and their quality reminds me of a children books about faerie I loaned from my favourite library, a perfect quality for a children book.
The Bat Cave by Jonathan Walter is an insightful illustrated tale for children about the feared and hated bats. It explains, though, that there’s no reason to feel that way about these perhaps ugly but harmless beasts. Specifically, this story is about Greater Horseshoe bats, an endangered species that lives in caves or dark, smelly and dump places typical of England and Wales. They eat dung beetles that live in cow poo. The story seems compelling for children, but I find interesting as an adult as well. The illustrations of the Italian artist Rosaria Costa are so evocative, and their quality reminds me of a children books about faerie I loaned from my favourite library, a perfect quality for a children book.
June 5, 2019
Author Jonathan Walker takes readers on a fictional journey as they document the journey of Jack as he is forced to leave his home and find a new one when the bat family's food source is threatened. The story combines biology and environmental issues into a fictional tale that children will understand and appreciate. The author includes 2 pages of Bat Facts in the back of the book.
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