Superbat

by Matt Carr, Matt Carr (Illustrator)

Overview

It's a bird! It's a plane! No, wait...it's a bat...in a bright superhero outfit and cape? It's Superbat!

Pat is an ordinary bat who wants nothing more than to be special. But when he proclaims himself a superbat, the other bats laugh and say that anything he can do, like fly and navigate through the dark, they can do too. Disheartened that his friends have the same superpowers as him, Pat is ready to rip off his cape and throw it away when suddenly his supersonic hearing picks up a terrified cry. A cat has trapped a poor mouse!Without a second thought, Pat quickly flies across the city using his echolocation and saves the mouse from the big, bad cat. His friends, who followed to watch, realize that Pat does have an amazing superpower: courage! A playful twist on the superhero theme, Matt Carr's debut picture book is perfect for anyone who has ever felt just out of place. Matt introduces some real bat characteristics in this superhero adventure, as well as some bat facts in the back of the book!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338184945
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	08/29/2017
Sold by:	Scholastic, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
Lexile:	AD560L (what's this?)
File size:	23 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

MATT CARR is a freelance graphic designer and illustrator. He has worked in design for over fifteen years. Matt lives with his family in the UK.

Editorial Reviews

2017-05-15
Pat the bat is bored with his humdrum life. Craving the excitement that he reads about in his superhero comics, he decides to craft his own special outfit and transform from regular Pat into Superbat! Pat is excited to share his superhero identity with the other bats, but when he does, they dismiss each of his superpowers in turn. As it turns out, all bats have superhearing, all bats can fly, and all bats use echolocation. Pat is deflated; maybe he's not so special after all. However, when he discovers a family of mice facing grave danger, he bravely acts to help them. Pat discovers that his true superpower is courage. Carr uses a familiar storyline—a character searching for his own special "superpower"—to playfully introduce readers to a few facts about bats and their behavior. The design of the book references comics throughout, as in the use of the consistent and dark color palette, the variations of the size of the font, and the action callout bubbles with sound effects. The final page of the book presents Pat explaining some bat facts in brief detail. A perhaps unexpected appreciation of bats that will be enjoyable to read aloud. (Picture book. 3-6)

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