Bat Jamboree

by Kathi Appelt

Book Overview

The Bat Jamboree was held early this year, at the old drive-in movie not too far from here. It was standing room only as the houselights went down. The spotlight came up -- there wasn't a sound Then: 1 bat sang.2 bats flapped. 3 bats cha-cha-ed4 bats tapped. Every year a troupe of 55 buoyant bats comes up with 10 fabulous acts to entertain and instruct an enthusiatic audience. And every year the bats top themselves when they perform the grandest finale...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688161677
• ISBN13: 9780688161675
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 9.8" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Night Fun

As a third grade teacher, I found this book useful on the 55th day of school. After reading the book, the children made a pyramid using manipulatives for the bats. We used 1" tiles. This demonstrates a growing pattern using +1 pattern to grow with. This is a nice lead-in to multiplication.

Great Book for introducing children to counting and adding

This book has a fun and exciting story line. Children will have fun reading about the 55 bats at the jamboree. The illustrations are colorful and eye-catching. Children can have fun counting, adding and subtracting the 55 bats at the Bat Jamboree. Watch out for the Bat Lady!

Bat Jamboree is a fixture at our house...

...and we're a childless family. We recommend you get this in hardcover, as it's a definate re-read (like, lots of times). We love the mix of vaudeville, bats, and the whimsical rhymes. If something "Wasn't quite as fun as 'The Corgiville Fair'" (see the book by Tasha Tudor), then it often was "As fun as 'The Bat Jamboree'"...only because the Bat Jamboree is only for several hours (vs. all day). We've bought several copies of BJ for diverse audiences. One copy we gave to an old vaudeville fan, and another to our governor's baby daughter (there were bats infesting the governors' mansion about the time the book came out). A third went to an employee of an old drive-in theatre. A joy for young and old. You'll be "batty" over it.

Loved the illustrations & the entertaining story

Nice story with terrific water color illustrations! My 4 month old loves looking at the colorful pages. Good book to help little readers learn to count. (I liked it so much that I bought an extra copy, but I admit, I have a thing for bats....)

This is one of the funniest books ever!!

When I first saw this book, I was instantly drawn to it. I have a keen interest in bats, so I was thrilled to find a humorous book about the subject. I laughed out loud when I read the end of the book--something about "it ain't over til the bat lady sings!" That's great!!