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Hardcover - first UK edition, 1977. Jacket unclipped with plastic protection. All text and illustrations are clear. CM
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Randall Jarrell's The Bat-Poet is the story of an artist. Although the bat-poet may look like a furry mouse with wings, he swells with an artistic sensibility. One day, he discovers how amazing it is to stay awake during daylight hours, exploring things mostly unseen by standard, nocturnal bats. But when he tries to get his bat friends to stay awake with him, they say, "Day's to sleep in." And so the sensitive bat-poet is left alone to embrace the wonders of the day, including the fascinating activities of the possums, squirrels, chipmunks, and especially the mockingbird. The bat-poet attempts to sing a song like the mockingbird's, "But when he tried, his high notes were all high and the notes in between were all high," so he imitates the mockingbird's words instead, and concocts poetry about how the sun "shines like a million moons" and other daytime marvels. Children will identify with the bat-poet's struggle to be understood, and adults will revel in Jarrell's artful prose and gentle wisdom. Maurice Sendak decorates more than illustrates the book with delicate, endearing pen-and-ink sketches of woodland scenes--the perfect complement to Jarrell's lyrical, philosophical, exquisitely spun fable. School Library Journal writes, "The totality charms by turns the eye, the ear, and the imagination, and as true poetry must, it satisfies the heart." (All ages) --Karin Snelson
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There was once a little brown bat who couldn't sleep days—he kept waking up and looking at the world. Before long he began to see things differently from the other bats, who from dawn to sunset never opened their eyes. The Bat-Poet is the story of how he tried to make the other bats see the world his way.
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The bat-poet / pictures by Maurice Sendak
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Harmondsworth: Kestrel Books / Penguin Books Ltd., 1977
ISBN 10: 0722653581
ISBN 13: 9780722653586
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jarrell, Randall. The bat-poet / pictures by Maurice Sendak. First UK edition. Harmondsworth: Kestrel Books / Penguin Books Ltd., 1977. Hardback, VG, in unclipped dustjacket with some light foxing and marks and a small crease/closed tear to the reverse base, neatly repaired from the inside. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Binding strong. Cream endpapers. Light foxing to title page and first page of text. 43pp., b/w illustrations. Some light foxing, otherwise contents clean and bright. Randall Jarrell (May 6, 1914 October 14, 1965) was an American poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist, and novelist. He was the 11th Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congressa position that now bears the title Poet Laureate of the United States. He wrote several children's books, among which The Bat-Poet (1964) and The Animal Family (1965) are considered prominent (and feature illustrations by Maurice Sendak). In The Bat-Poet, a little brown bat tries to make the other bats see the world as he sees it through poetry. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. Seller Inventory # ABE-1750936514441
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