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  • Bitsy Bat, Team Star (The Bitsy Bat)

Bitsy Bat, Team Star
(The Bitsy Bat)

Author
Illustrator
Kaz Windness
Publication Date
February 04, 2025
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  K − 1st
Language
English
Format
Picture Book
Bitsy Bat, Team Star (The Bitsy Bat)

Description

Bitsy meets a new nonspeaking student at school and learns the importance of being a star teammate and friend in this sequel to the "darling" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) Bitsy Bat, School Star from Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor-winning author-illustrator Kaz Windness.

Bitsy Bat is a star student and the only fantastic flier at Crittercrawl Elementary...until a new nonspeaking student named Enzo Owl arrives and outflies her during recess. Bitsy worries her friends won't think she's special anymore, so she's determined to beat Enzo in the upcoming Critter Games and prove she's the better flier.

But when her friend Mo needs help during the race, Bitsy must choose between winning and being a star teammate. And while she's at it, she just might discover that making a new friend is more special than any trophy.

This sequel to Bitsy Bat, School Star is told from an autistic perspective and celebrates how our differences make each of us shine brightly on our own and as part of a team.

Publication date
February 04, 2025
Genre
Fiction
Page Count
48
ISBN-13
9781665947558
Publisher
Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Series
The Bitsy Bat
BISAC categories
JUV039090 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | New Experience
JUV002360 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Nocturnal
JUV077000 - Juvenile Fiction | Neurodiversity
Library of Congress categories
Friendship
Picture books
Bats
Owls
Mute persons
Autism spectrum disorders
Kaz Windness
Kaz Windness is an author-illustrator who loves to make her readers laugh. When she's not writing or illustrating books, Kaz teaches illustration at the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design and enjoys making deep-dish pizza. Kaz lives in Denver, Colorado, with her husband, two children, and Boston terrier. She's the author of picture books Swim, Jim! and Bitsy Bat, School Star, which received three starred reviews. She also created the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor-winning Level 1 Ready-to-Read Graphics Worm and Caterpillar Are Friends, which received a starred review and is a Junior Library Guild selection, and the Level 1 Ready-to-Reads Cat vs. Vac and Go! Go! Dino!. Visit her at WindnessBooks.com.
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