Bat Count : A Citizen Science Story

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A little girl named Jojo and her family had a barn that had a lot of bats. Her mom would have to sweep out the bat poop once a week. But as years passed, the family noticed fewer and fewer bats. Scientists talked about bats dying from white-nose syndrome. These scientists asked people to start counting the bats when they fly out at night. So Jojo and her family started counting the bats. The first year they counted thirty-nine, then ten, and this year, Jojo only counted one bat. Will the mama bat have babies in her barn and help the population??

I really liked Bat Count: a Citizen Science Story because it talks about bats, which are an animal that I am interested in because I like exploring caves. When I visited Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, they talked about white-nose syndrome, and, when coming out of the cave, we had to walk through some sponges so we wouldn’t pass white-nose syndrome to other caves. I think that it would be really neat to be able to count a bat population like Jojo was able to do in her barn. There are pages in the back of the book that teach more about bats, white-nose syndrome, and what it means to be a citizen scientist. I would recommend this book to other kids who like to learn about animals.


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Author Anna Forrester, Susan Detwiler
Star Count 4/5
Format Hard
Page Count 32 pages
Publisher Arbordale Publishing
Publish Date 2017-Feb-10
ISBN 9781628558944
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Issue May 2017
Category Children's
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