Stellaluna
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 identity as a bat, and she and her bird friends wonder together about friendship and being alike and different at the same time. A class activity for this book is to let students complete a character's point of view chart about 3 of the main characters and write about how each feel about eating bugs, sleeping, and flying at night.
Lexile: AD 550L
