Superbat
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
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!
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Pat the bat wants to be "special, like the superheroes in his favorite comics." So, while his fellow bats sleep the day away, Pat spends it at his mother's sewing machine, crafting a superhero outfit. The other bats wake to discover that Pat has transformed into Superbat, but they don't find his superpowers all that special. Superhearing? Flight? Echolocation? All par for the course when you're a bat. A demoralized Pat is ready to hang up his suit when his superhearing picks up cries for help. Without hesitation, Superbat is off to save the day, rescuing a family of mice from a cat. Newcomer Carr keenly illustrates that the true mark of a superhero isn't supernatural abilities but courage a lesson a certain famous bat hero knows well. Drawing on the speech bubbles, sound effects, and bold colors of action hero comics, Carr creates an accessible and visually striking homage to the genre. A concluding list of "Batty Facts" gives readers information that will deepen their understanding of Pat's story, including definitions of nocturnal and echolocation. Ages 3 5.
