I saw Daft Bat at B&N not long ago and picked it up thinking it would make a cute Halloween read aloud for the kids at school. Tony Ross’s illustrations are very free and rough around the edges, which helps with the “daft” idea-nothing looks too tidy. It’s actually just a great story about accepting differences (and you get to teach kids the word “daft”). It was just released here in the US, but it looks like it was released in Australia and the UK two years ago.
Archive: October 28, 2008