Megabat and the Not-Happy Birthday (Megabat #4)

by Anna Humphrey (Author) Kass Reich (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Series: Megabat
It's Daniel's birthday, and Megabat wants to join in all the fun, but his excitement gets the best of him and suddenly the birthday celebrations are on the brink of disaster. The next laugh-out-loud book in this sweet and funny chapter book series featuring a talking bat.

Daniel isn't in the birthday party mood. He hates his new glasses -- they're dorky, and he feels silly in them.

Megabat LOVES Daniel's new face windows! They make him dizzy and his tummy feel funny. And he loves parties even more!

Daniel starts planning his party, and things are looking up -- all of his friends are excited, and he has some fun games planned. Plus: presents!

Megabat's party excitement is losing steam. He has to hide the whole time. He can't eat any of the delicious buttermelon. And he can't participate in any games, even though it's the thing he wants most in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD.

When Megabat loses his temper and breaks Daniel's best birthday gift, he realizes he's been a bad friend and gives Daniel what he thinks is the best possible gift: he runs away. But being alone in the big, wide, world is harder than he thought. Kass Reich's adorable illustrations paired with Anna Humphrey's hilarious text make for another unforgettable Megabat adventure, one that will appeal to Megabat fans and newcomers!
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Fans of the series will enjoy this amusing fourth book, but newcomers may have a hard time warming up to the title character.

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One of CCBC's Best Books for Kids and Teens, Fall 2021
Anna Humphrey
ANNA HUMPHREY has worked in marketing for a poetry organization, in communications for the Girl Guides of Canada, as an editor for a webzine, as an intern at a decorating magazine and for the government. None of those was quite right, so she started her own freelance writing and editing business, created the Megabat, Bee and Flea and Clara Humble series and wrote many other books for kids and teens. She lives in a big, old brick house in Kitchener, Ontario, with her husband and two kids and no bunnies. Yet.

IRMA KNIIVILA is an artist and writer. Most days she's working on comics or illustrations, sneaking in an animal any chance she gets. She has done illustrations for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Reader's Digest, Paper Bag Records, Virgin Mobile and others. She also created the books Year of the Dog and The Crosswind Café. Irma lives in San Miguel, Mexico, with her partner, two cats and a dog.
Classification
-
ISBN-13
9780735266049
Lexile Measure
710
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Tundra Books (NY)
Publication date
March 02, 2021
Series
Megabat
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV045000 - Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Chapter Books
JUV002360 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Nocturnal
Library of Congress categories
Bats

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