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Lies, Brian

Bats at the Library

32 pp. | Houghton | September, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-618-99923-1 $16.00
(4) K-3 Bats invade a library after hours. The first-person-plural rhymes are amusing, but without its bat protagonists, the story would be a conventional love letter to books and reading ("It feels as though we've just begun, / but now we leave our books half done"). Still, the brooding acrylics are impressive, especially when Lies imitates some classic kids'-book art with bat embellishments.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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