Un nino llamado Bat

Ages 6 to 10, Grades 1 to 5

The beloved bestselling first book in Elana K. Arnold’s A Boy Called Bat series arrives in a Spanish language edition!

For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life tends to be full of surprises—some of them good, some not so good. Today, though, is a good-surprise day. Bat’s mom, a veterinarian, has brought home a stray baby skunk, which she needs to take care of until she can hand him over to a wild-animal shelter. But the minute Bat meets the kit, he knows they belong together. And he’s got one month to show his mom that a baby skunk might just make a pretty terrific pet.Readers across the country have fallen in love with Bat, Thor, and their friends and family, and now the first book in this beloved series is being made available in Spanish, allowing for more readers to discover Bat's one-of-a-kind world.The acclaimed, bestselling story of a young boy on the autism spectrum arrives in a new edition for young Spanish language readers.

About the Author

Elana K. Arnold is the award-winning author of many books for children and teens, including the middle grade novels The Question of Miracles, Far from Fair, A Boy Called Bat, The House That Wasn't There, and Just Harriet; and the YA novels Red Hood, the Michael L. Printz Honor book Damsel, and the National Book Award finalist What Girls Are Made Of. She holds a master’s degree in creative writing/fiction from the University of California, Davis, and is a member of the faculty in Hamline University's MFA in writing for children and young adults program. Elana currently lives in Long Beach, CA, with her husband, two children, and a menagerie of animals. You can find her online at elanakarnold.com.