{"product_id":"bats-at-the-ballgame-isbn-9780547249704","title":"Bats at the Ballgame","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn deck and ready for your reading lineup, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author-illustrator Brian Lies’s ode to “batty” baseball fans.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou think humans are the only ones who enjoy America’s national pastime? Grab your bat—the other kind—and your mitt, because it’s a whole new ballgame when evening falls and bats come fluttering from the rafters to watch their all-stars compete.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGet set to be transported to the right-side-up and upside-down world of bats at play, as imagined and illustrated by bestselling author-illustrator Brian Lies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHurry up! Come one\u003c\/em\u003e—\u003cem\u003ecome all! We’re off to watch the bats play ball!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"Baseball stadiums have an innate magic, never more so than in the hands of Lies, whose latest has the winged creatures gathering for an epic game, complete with 'beenuts and Cricket Jack,' and an upside down audience\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly,\u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003c\/b\u003e  \"The visual effect is quite stunning, with some fantastically disorienting upside-down spreads to reflect the fans' hanging position, and much of the language is utterly delicious.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews,\u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003c\/b\u003e  \"Careful readers will find plenty of inventive details to make this latest outing to the bats’ nocturnal world worthwhile.\" —\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e  Praise for Brian Lies’ \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling books:   \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBats at the Beach\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e  \"Brilliant, brilliant paintings . . . just a whiz-bang summer book, anytime book. Everybody should look at this.\" —Daniel Pinkwater, NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday   \"Perfect for sharing with younglings of the wingless sort.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e   \"The book truly soars in the dark yet luminescent art. . . . A grand adventure.\" —\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e  \"Fetching . . . [A] wonderful read-aloud.\" —\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBats at the Library\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e  \"The library-after-dark setting works a magic all its own, taking Lies and his audience to an intensely personal place.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review   \"[Lies] brings a sure, expressive and transporting hand to this story of a colony of bats paying a nighttime visit to a small-town library.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e   \"Illustrations teem with bats so charming they will even win over chiroptophobes.\" —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e   \"Another tale of bat mischief . . . the charm is all in the story itself.\" —\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clarion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889794380005,"sku":"NP9780547249704","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780547249704.jpg?v=1730231915","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/bats-at-the-ballgame-isbn-9780547249704","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}