cover image Bat Jamboree

Bat Jamboree

Kathi Appelt. HarperCollins, $6.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-688-16167-5

In this rhyming counting book, a crew of performing bats entertain a crowd. ""There's a nervous energy in these pictures that will almost surely disarm the reader, right off the bat,"" said PW. Ages 4-up. (Sept.)