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I bought my first copy of Stellaluna before my daughter was born and it became one of our all-time favorite books to read together. (Verdi was probably a tie.) When I got a shower invitation from my niece lately asking people to bring a book instead of a card along with their gift, I grabbed three of our old childhood standbys: Stellaluna 25th Anniversary Edition,Verdi, and The Runaway Bunny: A 75th Anniversary Retrospective. It’s so hard to choose so few out of so many of our favorite books, but she may be inundated with more books as her son gets older. ;) I also ordered a new favorite, A Boy and a House, but I’m not sure it will get here in time for her shower.

Stellaluna is a baby fruit bat whose mother drops her accidentally during an owl attack. Stellaluna manages to fly away uninjured and finds herself adopted by a family of birds. Being a flying creature that hangs upside down to sleep and doesn’t like bugs is hard when you’re in a family of birds who prefer to fly during the day, sleep upright in their nest, and who turn down their noses at fruit. But they still all love one another, and the baby birds actually try to act a bit more bat-like with some rather painful results. One of the most adorable scenes is Stellaluna trying to learn to alight on a branch like a bird lands, rather than a bat. But every picture is adorable right down to everyone’s facial expressions.

The vibrant pictures by Janell Cannon are whimsical, beautifully colored, and simply mesmerizing, making the text almost superfluous.(But not quite.) Stellaluna is a story of what it means to be family, what it means to feel different and like an outsider, and what it means to accept and love people even when they act in a manner that seems strange to you. You don’t have to understand someone to know that they are a person worthy of your love. Lots of good conversations will start with reading this book, not to mention initiate countless hours poring over the intricate and delicately colored illustrations.

This 25th anniversary edition of Stellaluna includes colored versions of the small previously black and whtie line-art drawings on the text pages and a code to download craft and activity kits. There are also two pages about bats at the back of the book, which were updated for this edition.

Highly recommended for anyone who loves to share beautiful picture books, heartwarming stories, and inspiration to understand that being different isn’t a bad thing. Simply one of the best picture books for children.


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Stellaluna Janell Cannon 9780152802172 Books Reviews

I love reading this book to my child. I have the hard back version but wanted the kindle for portability and save wear and tear on the hardback version. The kindle version has a very tiny font. It was a bit disconcerting. There was no way to make the book larger so we could check out details on the beautiful illustrations or just widen the entire page to read at once. Instead, my option was to double tap a sentence at a time. Not ideal at all.

, please consider those who need to magnify print in these books. I would rather have the option to be able to pinch my fingers wide or closed to be able to get the font to a level that I am comfortable with. And not the double tap option offered so you can see one sentence at a time that is not really that much larger than the actual tiny type font. Also, the soft yellow highlighting in a pop up box after you tap the page makes it harder for some (like me) to read because it gets rid of the high contrast that I sometimes need and I lose my place on the page and have to double tap back to try and figure out where I am. I do have glasses but still had a hard time reading this kindle version.
This is a beautifully told story for children, about the importance of recognizing and being your true self. Stellaluna is a baby bat who gets separated from her mother and is adopted by a bird family. She tried to be a bird, hunting food by day and balancing upright on branches. But it really doesn't work out very well for her and she finally comes to realize that the reason she looks different from her brothers and sisters is that she IS different - she's a bat, not a bird. Things work out much better for her when she accepts that, embraces her batness, and stops trying to be a bird.

Lovely message and illustrations. This is now part of the library of classics I give newborns of my acquaintance.
Stellaluna is incredibly richly detailed, the illustrations are extraordinary. Even if your child is too young to read with comprehension, the book is so well put together that your child will understand the story simply by the pictures. And what a story it is. It speaks to acceptance of others and yourself, despite apparent differences. Stellaluna gets lost and finds herself in a nest of baby birds and their mom. When Stella gets scolded for sleeping hanging upside down by the momma bird she has found herself living with, it's funny and touching. The "Bat Notes" at the end are interesting and engaging. I like that an animal as misunderstood? misjudged? as a bat is used in this friendly story about acceptance, what home means, and how friendship transforms us. I bought this for a baby shower where the invitations asked for no cards, money, gifts, etc. Just a book with a little note in it to the baby, and who the gift was from. It made me want to get my own copy (again....).

Stellaluna
I bought my first copy of Stellaluna before my daughter was born and it became one of our all-time favorite books to read together. (Verdi was probably a tie.) When I got a shower invitation from my niece lately asking people to bring a book instead of a card along with their gift, I grabbed three of our old childhood standbys Stellaluna 25th Anniversary Edition,Verdi, and The Runaway Bunny A 75th Anniversary Retrospective. It’s so hard to choose so few out of so many of our favorite books, but she may be inundated with more books as her son gets older. ;) I also ordered a new favorite, A Boy and a House, but I’m not sure it will get here in time for her shower.

Stellaluna is a baby fruit bat whose mother drops her accidentally during an owl attack. Stellaluna manages to fly away uninjured and finds herself adopted by a family of birds. Being a flying creature that hangs upside down to sleep and doesn’t like bugs is hard when you’re in a family of birds who prefer to fly during the day, sleep upright in their nest, and who turn down their noses at fruit. But they still all love one another, and the baby birds actually try to act a bit more bat-like with some rather painful results. One of the most adorable scenes is Stellaluna trying to learn to alight on a branch like a bird lands, rather than a bat. But every picture is adorable right down to everyone’s facial expressions.

The vibrant pictures by Janell Cannon are whimsical, beautifully colored, and simply mesmerizing, making the text almost superfluous.(But not quite.) Stellaluna is a story of what it means to be family, what it means to feel different and like an outsider, and what it means to accept and love people even when they act in a manner that seems strange to you. You don’t have to understand someone to know that they are a person worthy of your love. Lots of good conversations will start with reading this book, not to mention initiate countless hours poring over the intricate and delicately colored illustrations.

This 25th anniversary edition of Stellaluna includes colored versions of the small previously black and whtie line-art drawings on the text pages and a code to download craft and activity kits. There are also two pages about bats at the back of the book, which were updated for this edition.

Highly recommended for anyone who loves to share beautiful picture books, heartwarming stories, and inspiration to understand that being different isn’t a bad thing. Simply one of the best picture books for children.