Stellaluna

Author/ Illustrator: Janell Cannon

Publisher/Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. April 3, 1993

Age range/class level: Grades K-3

Awards: American Booksellers Book of the Year, 1994.

Reading Rainbow Feature Book;
Southern California Council on
Literature for Young People Award

Illustrations & Design: Detailed Drawings

Genre: Fiction

Theme(s): Acceptance, family and friendship, and learning to

adapt

Characters: Stellaluna’s mother, Flitter, Pip, Stellaluna, and

Flap

Summary: In this story, a baby bat gets separated from her

mother but is then raised by a mother bird.
However under the condition that she acts like
birds do: sleep at night, don't hang upside down,
 and eat worms and insects. Though she doesn't
like behaving in this way, so Stellaluna agrees and
tries to prove she fits in with the birds.

Textual Components:

• Distinctive Structure

• Surrealistic

Classroom Connections:

• Writing

• Art

• Science