Find out more about natures secret friends, like: - Where bats live - What bats look like - Why bats are important - Growing a bat-friendly garden - Myths about bats and much, much more! From the way they fly, to how they communicate with each other, how they hunt, and why they sleep upside-down, each of the world's 1,300 types of bat is unique and utterly fascinating. From the illustrator of Sophie Johnson: Unicorn Expert and creator of The Steves, Aalfred and Aalbert and Colin and Lee, Carrot and Pea. Bats make the world a better place, making this nature book for kids an essential tool in encouraging the protection of bats for generations to come. Harry Hole is sent from Norway to assist Australian police with the murder of a blonde Norwegian woman.

The book also shows how bats are incredibly important to the environment: they gobble up pests, spread seeds through the forests, and pollinate over 500 different species of plants including some of our favourite fruits like mangoes and bananas.As a real follower of Scandinavian crime fiction I have collected Jo Nesbo's books; they remain unread on my bookshelves as I had waited for this first Harry Hole novel to be translated into English. Illustrated with incredible photographs and artistic representations of bats from many different cultures and eras, this celebration of bats contains much to enthral converts and sceptics alike. Desk and exam copies of certain titles are available to lecturers who wish to consider books as course texts. Did you know that the collective noun for bats is a “cloud”, or that in the first scientific classification of mammals, bats were placed close to humans because, like us, they have two nipples? From the way they fly, to how they communicate, and why they sleep upside-down, each of the world's 1,300 types of bat is unique and utterly fascinating.

The finale to this one seemed a bit rushed and weak, certainly not overwhelmingly satisfying or exciting as some crime thrillers are. In 2019, Nils Bouillard sought about undertaking a round-the-world trip with conservation uppermost in his mind, adapting a popular concept in birding known as the 'big year' and focusing instead on bats. His books The Leopard, Phantom, Police, The Son, The Thirst, Macbeth and Knife have all since topped the Sunday Times charts. Starring an adorably grumpy bat and animal friends, I Am Bat is perfect for fans of Superbat and Oi Frog! This fun, colourfully illustrated non-fiction book explores the ways in which different creatures communicate with one another.Hole (Holy) is the usual flawed character; recovering/back-sliding alcoholic, not universally liked or respected by his own Police Department transported like other before him to the land down-under. Tessa was a noted New Zealand art critic for over twenty years, where she founded two important art magazines in the 1990s, Monica Reviews Art and log Illustrated. The Bat was originally published in Norway in 1997 where it became a smash hit and won the Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel. This charming celebration of bats shows children just how extraordinary these animals are, and is a reminder that it is up to us to care for our planet and its creatures.