The Bat Book (Conservation for Kids)

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The other thing that’s noteworthy about this first novel is that it is not set on Harry’s home turf of Oslo, Norway. Calendar arrived safely in plastic-free packaging - which I've not seen before with a calendar, so kudos for that. Illustrated with incredible photographs and artistic representations of bats from many different cultures and eras, this celebration of bats contains much to enthral converts and sceptics alike. Given Laird’s contention that bats often ‘operate as strange mirrors to humanity’, this book serves as an erudite provocation to consider our reflections differently.

Explore the amazing life of bats with award-winning illustrator Charlotte MilnerTake an amazing journey through the upside-down world of bats with Charlotte Milner's The Bat Book. Bats are also incredibly important to the environment, from gobbling up pests to spreading seeds through the forests. I recommend it not just to those members interested in bats and ultrasonics, but to the growing number of us doing nocmig, or using an Audiomoth or other long-term monitoring device. Those carrying out analysis can be distracted, intrigued or delayed owing to the occurrence of recordings that are unfamiliar and not identifiable to them. Bat is a celebration, showing the positive side of bats and uncovering many of the mysteries they have been shrouded in for so long.Some examples are the discussions of the complex evolution of bats, the account of how echolocation was established, including the bizarre experiments of Italian biologist Lazzaro Spallanzani, how Batman rose to fame, the comparison of bat flight and Star Wars, and the ideas that philosophers have about bats . Her writing – its understandings, insights, and questions – reveal a transdisciplinary dexterity and a theoretical sophistication .

Terence is just an ordinary boy trying to fill the summer with some kind of adventure while his best friend Tom is at summer camp.From the way they fly, to how they communicate with each other, how they hunt, and why they sleep upside-down, each of the world's 1,300 types of bat is unique and utterly fascinating. Apart from that, ‘knowing stuff’ makes the job far more interesting and gives the bat worker a greater appreciation of the natural world within which they are working. The Bat Conservation Trust (known as BCT) is a registered charity in England and Wales (1012361) and in Scotland (SC040116). This delightful book is one of three children's books on conservation and includes The Sea Book and The Bee Book for your little ones to enjoy. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

Explore the amazing life of bats with award-winning illustrator Charlotte Milner Take a journey through the upside-down world of bats with The Bat Book. This book succeeds brilliantly in encouraging appreciation of the rich and varied world of sound around us.Harry Hole is sent from Norway to assist Australian police with the murder of a blonde Norwegian woman.