Loading your book clubs
There was a problem loading your book clubs. Please try again.
Not in a club? Learn more
Join or create book clubs
Choose books together
Track your books
Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free.
Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Learn more
Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.
Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.
Flip to back Flip to front
Follow the Author
Something went wrong. Please try your request again later.
| Price | New from | Used from |
|
Audible Audiobook, Unabridged
"Please retry" |
$0.00
| Free with your Audible trial | |
|
Hardcover, Picture Book
"Please retry" | $10.00 | $5.31 |
|
Paperback, Big Book, Illustrated
"Please retry" | $20.05 | $1.59 |
|
Board book, Illustrated, Picture Book
"Please retry" | $4.55 | $1.25 |
- Read with Kindle Unlimited to also enjoy access to over 3 million more titles
-
Audiobook
$0.00 - 44 Used from $5.31 32 New from $10.00 1 Collectible from $45.00
- 57 Used from $1.59 16 New from $20.05
- 3 Used from $10.99 1 New from $15.99
- 2 New from $12.99
- 84 Used from $1.25 30 New from $4.55 3 Collectible from $8.75
Limited-Time Offer
3 Months FREE of Audible Premium Plus. Get this deal
Buy it with
- +
Total price:
To see our price, add these items to your cart.
Choose items to buy together.
Customers who viewed this item also viewed
Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1
Limited-Time Offer
3 Months FREE of Audible Premium Plus. Get this deal
About the author
Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.
Still amazing after all these years, tickles your funny bone and snares your heart
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2018
I bought my first copy of Stellaluna before my daughter was born and it became one of our all-time favorite books to read together. (Verdi was probably a tie.) When I got a shower invitation from my niece lately asking people to bring a book instead of a card along with their gift, I grabbed three of our old childhood standbys: Stellaluna 25th Anniversary Edition, Verdi, and The Runaway Bunny: A 75th Anniversary Retrospective. It’s so hard to choose so few out of so many of our favorite books, but she may be inundated with more books as her son gets older. ;) I also ordered a new favorite, A Boy and a House, but I’m not sure it will get here in time for her shower.Stellaluna is a baby fruit bat whose mother drops her accidentally during an owl attack. Stellaluna manages to fly away uninjured and finds herself adopted by a family of birds. Being a flying creature that hangs upside down to sleep and doesn’t like bugs is hard when you’re in a family of birds who prefer to fly during the day, sleep upright in their nest, and who turn down their noses at fruit. But they still all love one another, and the baby birds actually try to act a bit more bat-like with some rather painful results. One of the most adorable scenes is Stellaluna trying to learn to alight on a branch like a bird lands, rather than a bat. But every picture is adorable right down to everyone’s facial expressions.The vibrant pictures by Janell Cannon are whimsical, beautifully colored, and simply mesmerizing, making the text almost superfluous.(But not quite.) Stellaluna is a story of what it means to be family, what it means to feel different and like an outsider, and what it means to accept and love people even when they act in a manner that seems strange to you. You don’t have to understand someone to know that they are a person worthy of your love. Lots of good conversations will start with reading this book, not to mention initiate countless hours poring over the intricate and delicately colored illustrations.This 25th anniversary edition of Stellaluna includes colored versions of the small previously black and whtie line-art drawings on the text pages and a code to download craft and activity kits. There are also two pages about bats at the back of the book, which were updated for this edition.Highly recommended for anyone who loves to share beautiful picture books, heartwarming stories, and inspiration to understand that being different isn’t a bad thing. Simply one of the best picture books for children.
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2018
Images in this review
Top reviews from other countries
Jan Harper
stellaluna
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 5, 2009
Jan Harper
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 5, 2009
We read this book together on many a cold (and indeed warm) night, morning, afternoon.....
We were engrossed in the story, so touching and engaging. It was one of the most influential books in both my son and my life. He would cuddle Stella while we read, and I would get to snuggle my little wriggly boy. It was the only thing that would settle him down for a while.
When I moved house recently, I found cuddly stella. I was delighted, and so was my 19 year old son! He grabbed it before I could say 'penguin'! She is now wrapped around his lampshade, I daren't touch. It brought back so many happy times. I am now buying the book again as I had reluctantly given the book away some time ago.
I will keep this one for the children that I work with. Everyone should know and love Stella.
Images in this review
Conor Lynam
Paid for new, recieved used.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 12, 2020
Conor Lynam
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 12, 2020
Images in this review
