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Stellaluna - Community Reviews back

by Janell Cannon, David Holt
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Shelby Dunn's Bookshelf
Shelby Dunn's Bookshelf rated it 5 years ago
I remember reading this back when I was in elementary school. This book is a charming story about a bat that was raised by a family of birds. I like how easily the Mama Bird took in Stellaluna and raised her as her own. This book would be great for a lesson about bats. Lexile: AD550 Reading Lev...
Ready Readers
Ready Readers rated it 5 years ago
A bird raising a bat sounds uncommon but in Stellaluna that is exactly what happens. Stellaluna is separated from her family and ends being taken in by birds. This is a great story representing acceptance and family. The leveling system is The Lexile, reading level AD550L. The class can participate ...
Ms. Banks' Blissful Books
Ms. Banks' Blissful Books rated it 5 years ago
Stellaluna is a sweet book that teaches children the importance of friendship. This book helps students understand that even if they do not have much in common with someone it does not mean they can not develop a sweet friendship. I would incorporate this book with a science lesson about bats. The b...
All About Books!
All About Books! rated it 5 years ago
Stellaluna Guided Reading: Level N This is a great book that you could align with science. This is a story about a bat that gets lost and then is raised by birds. But then meets other bats and learns how to be a bat again. I would do a lesson about bats and read this book because it has great descri...
Mrs. Thornton's Classroom Library
Mrs. Thornton's Classroom Library rated it 5 years ago
With this books reading level at ages 2 and up, this book is great for any age. You and your students will fall in love with this book and the cute animal characters such as the main character, a fruit bat named Stellaluna. When Stellaluna gets lost, she must give up her bat-like ways to survive whe...
Katherineea
Katherineea rated it 5 years ago
This is the story of a young fruit bat who becomes separated from her mother and lands in a nest of baby birds, becoming an adoptive member of the bird family. The baby bat learns to act like a baby bird but struggles to completely fit in with the family. Eventually she is able to regain her identit...
Fayth Watkins' Favorite Classroom Books!
Stellaluna is a story of a bat who is accidentally dropped from her mother and lands in a birds nest where she is taken in and cared for as long as she acts like a bird and not a bat. This would allow a great research activity for students to research bats and their way of life. Students could also ...
Mrs. Pinson's Library
Mrs. Pinson's Library rated it 6 years ago
The plot of Stellaluna consists of a baby bat being knocked away from her mother by an attacking owl where she lands in a nest occupied by birds. She has to try and act like a bird as not to confuse her adoptive siblings. One day she gets separated by her bird family and she is discovered by another...
Book Blog
Book Blog rated it 6 years ago
Stellaluna is the story of a baby bat who is separated from her mother. Stellaluna is then raised by Mother Bird. Mother Bird tries to make Stellaluna behave lke bird, telling Stellaluna that she is not allowed to hang upside and that she must eat bugs like Mother Bird's baby birds. Stellaluna does ...
Miss. Contorno's Library
Miss. Contorno's Library rated it 6 years ago
Stellaluna is about a bat that was accidentally dropped by her mother and then raised by a family of birds. While growing up, Stellaluna cannot help herself from wanting to fly and hang upside down while sleeping. One day, a bat sees Stellaluna sitting straight up and calls other bats to come see th...
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