Shadows of the Night: The Hidden World of the Little Brown Bat - Hardcover

Bash, Barbara

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0871565625 ISBN 13: 9780871565624

Publisher: Sierra Club Books for Children, 1993

Synopsis

When many of the earth's creatures are seeking shelter for the night, bats are waking and beginning to hunt. In this delightful picture book, award-winning author and artist Barbara Bash guides readers into the shadowy world of the Little Brown Bat, one of the most common species in North America.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Just when many of earth's creatures are seeking shelter for the night, bats--nature's only flying mammals--are beginning to hunt. As the warm colors of evening deepen, their mysterious silhouettes seem to flicker across the sky. In this delightful picture book, award-winning author-artist Barbara Bash guides readers into the shadowy realm of the Little Brown Bat, one of the most common species in North America. Her fascinating portrait follows a year in the life cycle of this amazing animal--from the maternity colonies where bat pups are born and nurtured until they can hunt on their own, through the late summer "bat conventions" where males and females gather to mate, to the hibernation caves hidden among the hills, where the bats winter in a state of deep torpor. Although there are nearly a thousand different kinds of bats throughout the world, to many people they remain objects of fear and superstition. With lucid text and glowing watercoolers, Barbara Bash illuminates the hidden world of the bat, dispelling the mystery that surrounds these harmless and beneficial creatures of the dark.

About the Author:

Barbara Bash, author-illustrator of six award-winning titles for Sierra Club Books for Children, has worked for many years as a calligrapher, illustrator, and teacher of book arts and botanical drawing. She lives in upstate New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sierra Club Books for Children
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0871565625
• ISBN 13: 9780871565624
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Bash Barbara