Book title: Bats: Furry fliers of the night
Author: Mary Kay Carson
Bibliographic entry | Carson, M. K. (2012). Bats: Furry fliers of the night. Bookerella. |
Description | This book app or bapp is a brand-new hybrid non-fiction book mixed with an ipad app. It is broken into seven chapters starting with descriptions of bats and their habitats moving to the most amazing bats of the world. The book app is nteractive in a number of ways to illustrate the concepts in the book like echolocation. |
Reaction | This is the future of non-fiction and a must read for all people in the library world or publishing industry. I can immediately see how this immersive experience can extend to include issues about ecosystems, climate change and adapt to current data. |
Recommended age level | Pre-school/Primary/Junior |
Subjects/themes | Bats, new book formats, book apps |
Curriculum connections | Science: observe and compare the physical characteristics (e.g., fur or feathers; two legs or no legs) and the behavioural characteristics (e.g., predator or prey) of a variety of animals, including insects, using student-generated questions and a variety of methods and resources |
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Miscellaneous | Created by Storyella and published through Jacob Packaged Goods |