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Bats around the clock -
by Kathi Appelt ; illustrated by Melissa Sweet.
Publisher description
New York : HarperCollins c2000.
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Annotations:
- Click Dark hosts a special twelve-hour program of American Batstand where the bats rock and roll until the midnight hour ends.
Best Books:
- Children's Catalog, Eighteenth Edition, 2001 ; H.W. Wilson; United States
Children's Catalog, Nineteenth Edition, 2006 ; H.W. Wilson; United States
Children's Choices, 2001 ; International Reading Association; United States
State and Provincial Reading Lists:
- Kentucky Bluegrass Award, 2003 ; Nominee; Kentucky
Reading Measurement Programs:
Accelerated Reader
Interest Level Lower Grade
Book Level 3.5
Accelerated Reader Points 0.5
Lexile, MetaMetrics, Inc.
Adult Directed
Lexile Measure 570
Reading Counts-Scholastic
Interest Level K-2
Reading Level 3
Title Point Value 1
Lexile Measure AD 570
Reviews:
- John Peters (Booklist, May 1, 2000 (Vol. 96, No. 17))
The infectious energy of Sweet's pop-eyed, floppy-winged bats shows no signs of abating in this third wild rumpus, after Bat Jamboree (1996) and Bats on Parade (1999). Emceed by host Click Dark, a twelve-hour dance program takes bats coast to coast through the Shrug, the Jitterbug, the Swim, the Twist, the Locomotion, and so on, capped by a set from the bat king himself, in blue suede shoes. Though it's all supposed to be an exercise in telling time, and a small clock face in the corner marks off each hour, the irregularly rhymed text's heavy beat and the multitude of boogie-mad bats are going to crowd the pedagogic intent out of the front seat for most young readers and listeners. No matter; though this can't touch Dan Harper's Telling Time with Big Mama Cat (1998) as a teaching tool, it's an irresistible invitation to children (and adults of a certain age) to get up and dance in the aisles. Category: For the Young. 2000, HarperCollins, $15.95 and $15.89. Ages 5-7.Kirkus (Kirkus Reviews, May 1, 2000 (Vol. 68, No. 9))
Lights, camera, action; it's American Batstand, a 12-hour marathon of nonstop shake, rattle, and roll hosted by the ageless Click Dark. Captivating cartoon critters decked out in their best disco duds shimmy, shrug, and swim to a beat that changes every hour on the hour. Rhyming text carries the reader through a musical repertoire from jitterbug to jive. "There was rockin' in the rafters- / there was dancin' in the street. / Then they did the locomotion / and they boogied to the beat." Or "They twisted left and twisted right / until the hour of seven. / There was shakin', there was shoutin'-it was rockin' rollin' heaven!" Some of this may fly right over the heads of the intended audience, but they will certainly enjoy the rhythm of the poetry and the chance to dance the bop. And they might learn a little bit about telling time, too, since a mouse holds a small clock on each page with a time change. This is the third bat math book from this team and they seem to have the formula stirred just right. Boogie down. 2000, HarperCollins, $15.95. Category: Picture book. Ages 4 to 6. © 2000 Kirkus Reviews/VNU eMedia, Inc. All rights reserved.Jewell Fine (The Lorgnette - Heart of Texas Reviews (Vol. 13, No. 3))
Young readers will enjoy the theme of American Bandstand as the bats rock and roll around the clock. It is a clever way to get young readers to have fun learning to tell time. Melissa Sweet's illustrations add humor, and older readers will be able to help the younger readers with telling time. Grades 2 and up. 2000, HarperCollins, Unpaged, $15.89. Ages 7 up. Subjects:
- Bats Fiction.
Rock music Fiction.
Clocks and watches Fiction.
Time Fiction.
Stories in rhyme.
| Language | Call Number | LCCN | Dewey Decimal | ISBN/ISSN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English (eng) | PZ8.3.A554 Baf 2000 |
99015502 |
[E] |
0688164692 0688164706 (Morrow eagle library ed.) 9780688164690 9780688164706 |