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Printables for use with Children's Books

• Preschool and up:  Read a number of bat  themed children's books to the children over the course of a few days. Give each child a "bat graph" page. Have the children write the titles of 2 to 4 books on their page.  Then have them wander around the classroom and ask their classmates which of their titles was the classmate's favorite. Have them mark the favorite on the graph paper box to track the most popular title.
  • Bats Graph Page
     
• Kindergarten and up: Have the children read one of the bat books (either fiction or non-fiction). Give each child 2 or 3 lined "bat  pages" to write a short book report.
  • Bat Shapes Book : title page and lined paper
  • Bat Picture Book :  title page and picture paper
     
• Kindergarten and up: After reading a number of fiction and non-fiction works, have the children write what it might be like to have a bat living in their house -- food needs, temperature, playtime, etc would all be topics they could address.  Alternatively, you could have them write what they like about bats.
  • Bat Shapes Book : title page and lined paper
  • Bat Picture Book :  title page and picture paper
     
• Grade 1 and up:  Use some of the non-fiction bat books (or KidZone's Bat Facts) to do research about bats. Give each child 2 or 3 lined "bat pages" to write down some of the information they've learned.
  • Bat Shapes Book : title page and lined paper
  • Bat Picture Book :  title page and picture paper
    

Books for Children

Fiction:
	Bat Loves the Night: Read and Wonder by Nicola Davies
	Little Lost Bat by Sandra Markle
	The Magic School Bus Going Batty:  A Book About Bats (Magic School Bus) by Joanna Cole
	There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Bat! by Lucille Colandro
Non Fiction:
	Bats by Gail Gibbons
	Bats - Creatures of the Night (All Aboard Reading: Level 2: Grades 1-3) by Joyce Milton
	Time For Kids: Bats! (Time For Kids) by Editors of TIME For Kids
	Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) by Ann Earle

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