Bats on the Bedstead

by Norma Tadlock Johnson

Book Overview

When his family moves into an old house, eleven-year-old Ricky is threatened by a flock of evil bats who want to regain possession of the house.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380705400
• ISBN13: 9780380705405
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

talking bats???

Good, short story. It can be read fast. Makes a good tale for Halloween!Ricky just moved in with his parents to a new house. Everything was going well at first, until, during the night he heard a voice, and saw at the foot of the bed a mean small creature hanging upside down... bat!!!! .... and it talked!It said the house belonged to the bats and that they had to leave or they would regret. Now Ricky has to convince his parents of moving out before the bats makes him very sorry for staying..

Bats on the Bedstead Review

I really liked the book Bats on the Bedstead. This story is about a 6th grade boy named Ricky. His family moved into a new house. On his first night, an evil bat named Voro woke him up and asked him what he was doing in his house. The rest of the story is about how Voro tried to scare him away, and how Ricky found the courage to get rid of him.I liked how Voro kept coming back with more and more bats to try to scare Ricky. I also got to learn about different kinds of bats as Ricky did research on them.I thought it was funny when he hit the bats with his pillow. The book was so interesting I read the whole thing in one day. I would recommend it to other kids in the 3rd grade.

A great scary read for the pre-teen or as a read-aloud book.

This book should be resurrected in light of bats residing in the Governor's mansion in Olympia, Washington. What fun for Governor Gary Locke, wife Mona and new baby daughter Emily to read aloud. They would gain appreciation for the tiny flying mammels who inhabit older buildings like their own state mansion. Maybe the Locke's have met their Voro, the bat leader who ... but we won't tell the tales of Ricky and Voro