Stellaluna
is a fictional female fruit bat in a children's book of the same name by author Jannell Cannon, written in 1994. In fact, this book aired on the PBS series Reading Rainbow that same year. On that episode, Anne Jackson narrated the story. It is featured in the 2001 movie I am Sam and is a very influential factor. In addition, MGM and Scholastic Productions released Stellaluna
on DVD.
In 2005 the author received a Bat Conservation Award from the Organization for Bat Conservation. [1]
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STELLALUNA TICKETS
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Plot
A mother
fruit bat loves her baby called Stellaluna very much and would never let anything happen to her. When the two are attacked by an
owl, the predator knocks Stellaluna out of her mother's safe embrace. Soon the baby bat ends up in a bird's nest filled with three baby birds named Pip, Flitter and Flap. The mother
bird will let Stellaluna be part of the family only if she eats bugs, not hang by her feet and sleep at night.
When all the baby animals grow, they learn to fly. When Stellaluna and the birds are out playing, it gets dark and the birds go home without her because they will not be able to see in the dark. Stellaluna keeps flying, but when Stellaluna's wings hurt, she stops to rest. When she did, she hung by her thumbs. Soon another bat comes to ask why Stellaluna is hanging by her thumbs. She told the bats the story of what had happened after they were attacked by the owl. Another bat interrupts the story. That bat is Stellaluna's mother. Stellaluna and her mother are happily reunited and Stellaluna finally understands why she is so different.
In
2009 the
Center for Puppetry Arts will be performing
Stellaluna
adapted by the
Tears of Joy Theatre from
Portland, Oregon.
Stellaluna
- Stellaluna
, ISBN 0-15-280217-7
Footnotes
- Janell Cannon, Author of "Stellaluna," Receives Award
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