Stellaluna is a story about a baby bat named Stellaluna who gets separated from her mother and is raised by a mother bird. The story explores themes of acceptance, family, friendship, and learning to adapt as Stellaluna tries to fit in with the birds by acting like them despite preferring bat behaviors such as hanging upside down and being active at night. The book uses detailed illustrations to tell the story of Stellaluna navigating where she belongs as she realizes she is different from the birds but longs to reunite with other bats.
Stellaluna is a story about a baby bat named Stellaluna who gets separated from her mother and is raised by a mother bird. The story explores themes of acceptance, family, friendship, and learning to adapt as Stellaluna tries to fit in with the birds by acting like them despite preferring bat behaviors such as hanging upside down and being active at night. The book uses detailed illustrations to tell the story of Stellaluna navigating where she belongs as she realizes she is different from the birds but longs to reunite with other bats.
Stellaluna is a story about a baby bat named Stellaluna who gets separated from her mother and is raised by a mother bird. The story explores themes of acceptance, family, friendship, and learning to adapt as Stellaluna tries to fit in with the birds by acting like them despite preferring bat behaviors such as hanging upside down and being active at night. The book uses detailed illustrations to tell the story of Stellaluna navigating where she belongs as she realizes she is different from the birds but longs to reunite with other bats.
Publisher/Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. April 3, 1993
Age range/class level: Grades K-3
Awards: American Booksellers Book of the Year, 1994.
Reading Rainbow Feature Book; Southern California Council on Literature for Young People Award
Illustrations & Design: Detailed Drawings
Genre: Fiction
Theme(s): Acceptance, family and friendship, and learning to
adapt
Characters: Stellaluna’s mother, Flitter, Pip, Stellaluna, and
Flap
Summary: In this story, a baby bat gets separated from her
mother but is then raised by a mother bird. However under the condition that she acts like birds do: sleep at night, don't hang upside down, and eat worms and insects. Though she doesn't like behaving in this way, so Stellaluna agrees and tries to prove she fits in with the birds.