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Long's illustrations are beautiful though I don't know any bats that are as cute as Chiro.
I loved this book, and especially the illustrations! Chiro is a young bat who has never explored the world alone before, until tonight, when his mother says he must. He has to use his good sense and sing, in order to find his way in the dark and eat his dinner. This is a good way to teach echolocation to young children, as the illustrator Loren Long shows wonderfully in acrylics and graphite. My favorite illustration was the one after Chiro eats, when he wanders out of the safety of the pond and...
I'm still in love with Stellaluna, but Chiro is just as adorable. I love the advice Momma gives Chiro on his first adventure out into the darkness. Love the book format and layout of the beautiful illustrations. Sing on Chiro!
The illustrations in this book are stunning! However, I found the text to be a bit exhausting, and my mind wandered. The attention span of a child is much shorter than mine, and therefore, I can imagine this book not targeting the age group it was intended to reach.
THIS IS THE CUTEST BOOK EVER IN THE ENTIRE WORLD! I may be biased, as I absolutely adore bats (and they are so good for eating pesky mosquitoes and other insects that are annoying), but if the illustrations of little Chiro don't melt your heart, you don't have one!The real strength of this book lies in the full-page illustrations. The story deals with Chiro learning how to use echo location. The author explains the concept of echo location in a beautiful manner that children will understand. The...
What a sweet, beautiful book. The illustrations are wonderful and the little adventure story is wonderful.
This is a sweet tale about a youngster growing up and his mom letting him go to explore on his own. To this end, it's probably just as good of a story for parents as it is for children. The story also teaches a bit about echolocation without actually mentioning it, and children can learn how bats can 'see' in the dark. The illustrations are dark and convey Chiro's inability to visually discern his surroundings. They help to convey the scary world that Chiro flies out into, but also a world that
"There are other ways to see...other ways to help you make your way in the world."A wonderful story about a little bat named Chiro, who is learning for the first time how to make it in a very dark world. Chiro's song, which is echo location, is a great metaphor for the special gifts that we all possess. This would be an excellent book, not only for children, but for children to read with adults. Loren Long's illustrations blend so perfectly with Ari Berk's poetic language. This is one of those b...
SEEING THIS BOOK ON THE SHELVES AT KIDDOS' BOOK FAIR=INSTA-LOVE.The cover is GORGEOUS (the GR pic doesn't do it justice), and I was so happy to see that the story inside was just as enjoyable.I might just stalk the cover artist O_O and beg them for MORE!
This is an adorable book about a baby bat that is getting to know the world though echolocation and exploring around.
Nightsong and the reason I picked up this book are, for me, a study in things art reminds us of. You know, I’m sure, those touching moments in which you see something and instantly think back to a person or a memory through which you can now experience this new visual. I thought of a friend when I first saw Nightsong. I don’t think the book, as a whole, did a whole lot that impressed me, though I do love the cleverness to the art. But I think back to this friend, who loves bats, and I realize th...
Well with so many books having the same title....Anyway this one really stands out.I love bats sooooo......Little Chiro, is sent out into the night for the first time. He is terrified because it is so dark and he tells his mom that he can't see. But she tells him to sing, it's a sense that bats have and that everything will sing back to him in its own way. Chiro soars out, and at first everything is so dark, but he remembers to sing. Through the amazing illustrations the colors of the night sing...
The pictures deserve a 5. The story, eh. I love the idea that a story was written about a bat. The bat is cute, and I think again - the book might be slightly more appealing to little girls. Overall, however, my wife and I both agreed we did not love this book. There were some nice themes of adventure, and perseverance, and being strong, and conquering fears. Heck, this might even be the book to buy your "boomerang" college student. It just so happens to not be that awesome at any one thing, and...
This book is truly breathtaking. It is short and simple, but so beautiful. I love how it is drawn so that we get to see the way the small bat does, or at least get some idea of how the bat sees. I loved seeing the baby bat discovering "his song" and exploring the world outside his familiar boarders.
Sense is the song you sing out into the world,and the song the world sings back to you.With these words, Chiro’s mother sends him off into the night for the first time alone. It’s an adventure, but how will he find his way? And how will he find his way home? As the young bat discovers, navigating the world around him is easy as long as he uses his good sense.I picked this up at our local library. I was walking past it and the cover just sang to me... This was a sweet story about making choices,
Chiro the bat is sent out into the nighttime world by his mother in this lovely picture-book examination of echolocation. Instructed to use his song to find the local pond and eating place, he sets out, hesitant at first and then more confident, as his song sends back information about the world around him. Once he has reached the pond and had his dinner, he even sets out to explore further, reaching the coast and flying out over the sea, before heading home once again...Featuring an engaging st...
Chiro, a little bat, faces his first night alone. He is scared because he cannot see in the dark, but his mother tells him, "Sense is the song you sing out into the world, and the song the world sings back to you." With this advice Chiro sets out into the frightening night, softly singing at the world around him. As his song brings awareness, it also banishes fear and soon Chiro's song becomes louder and his world expands in vivid detail. Long's scratchy black backgrounds capture the frightening...
The illustrations here are indeed beautiful, and highly evocative of little Chiro's feelings, but WHY no mention of what this "good sense" actually is? As the mother of a preschooler that likes to know the whys behind the story, this fell flat. I had to fumble an explanation about call and response and echolocation and hope I got it right. The author explained the inspiration of the main character's name, but I would have liked to see more.
This for me epitomizes the kind of children's book that Scholastic should be publishing. The story is engaging and beautifully illustrated, about little Chiro who is afraid but then literally soars, when his bat-mother turns him out of their nest. A gorgeous education about chiroptera, including echolocation and other bat facts. My 2nd graders love it.
I just added this to my children's book collection, beings I am a preschool teacher. It is a great way to teach children about echolocation especially for the age groups 4 to 5 years of age. And the illustrations are beautiful.