Description

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The updated, Spanish-language edition of this fact-filled, colorful look at the amazing world of bats includes a call to action to protect these creatures and their habitats.

In simple yet informative language, A Place for Bats introduces young readers to the ways human action or inaction can affect bat populations and opens kids’ minds to a wide range of environmental issues. Describing various examples, the text provides an intriguing look at bats, at the ecosystems that support their survival, and at the efforts of some people to save them. At the end of the book, the author offers readers a list of things they can do to help protect these special creatures in their own communities.

About the Author

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Melissa Stewart earned degrees from Union College and New York University and worked as an editor. She is the author of more than 150 books. The idea for the Place for… books came to her while she was writing an article for a magazine. She wanted young readers to understand how their choices and actions can have a direct impact on the creatures that share our world.

Higgins Bond received a B.F.A from the Memphis College of Art. Her work has been exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, and many other venues. She has produced illustrations for NBC television, The Nature Conservancy, and the Smithsonian Institution, as well as for many advertising firms.

• Aspiring chiropterologists (bat experts) and conservationists 
  
• Educators and librarians seeking supplemental material on North American habitats 
  
• Readers interested in learning about species impacted by climate change