Keywords
Excellent, Primary, Sandra Markle, Bats, Science, Endangered Species, Nonfiction
Document Type
Book Review
Abstract
This book explores the mystery of why little brown bats are disappearing and the problems their disappearance could cause. Because bats eat insects that do damage to crops and transmit diseases, bats are important to the ecosystem. Researchers learned that these bats were dying in large numbers in 2007, and since then they have tried to find out why they keep dying and why the bats were flying during the winter when they should have been hibernating. The book explores what hibernating bats need to survive, what the killers could possibly be, the process it took to find the killer, and the current work being done to try to save the bats.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Stephens, Aylea
(2015)
"The Case of the Vanishing Little Brown Bats: A Scientific Mystery,"
Children's Book and Media Review: Vol. 36:
Iss.
6, Article 54.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cbmr/vol36/iss6/54