by Tracy Gold (Author) Nancy Leschnikoff (Illustrator)
An adorably cute Halloween book for children with educational nonfiction elements woven in. A perfect book for kids learning and playing in classrooms, libraries, and at home!
Follow along as a young bat takes flight on Halloween night and eats lots of delicious bugs along the way! Includes backmatter with lots of fun facts about bats and their favorite insects.
Trick or treat!
Smell my feet!
Give me lots of
Bugs to eat!
From our cave,
We're so brave,
We fly out in
One big wave.
Why readers love Trick or Treat, Bugs to Eat:
Exceptionally cute art.
Great for anyone looking for Halloween gifts for kids.
Educational backmatter makes this perfect for schools, libraries, and homes!
Fun rhymes and bouncy verse!
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Not everyone is looking to score candy on Halloween night in this adventure with a basis in nonfiction. Instead, "Trick or treat!/ Smell my feet!// Give me lots of/ bugs to eat!" is the rallying chant for a wide-eyed pink and purple bat who gleefully gobbles up all manner of creepy-crawlies on the pages. Though Gold's lighthearted lines convey nuggets of information, those describing aspects of echolocation focus more on rhyme than on clarity ("Hear my calls/ bounce off walls, // echoing as/ darkness falls"). At the end of its moonlit flight, the satisfied bat has a belly full of flies, crickets, and beetles--and readers may be scanning the night skies for more bat friends. Back matter includes several pages of bat-related facts. Ages 4-8. (Aug.)
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