Title The bat scientists / Mary Kay Carson ; with photographs by Tom Uhlman.

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Call No.	CH/YA 599.4 Carson Bat 2010
Location	Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection	CH/YA 599.4 Carson Bat 2010	Available	---

Description	79 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
	age Children
Series	Scientists in the field
	Scientists in the field.
Awards	American Library Association Notable Children's Books, 2011.
Audience	Grades 5-8 (SLJ)
	010-up.
Summary	This book chronicles the efforts of Dr. Merlin Tuttle and his colleagues at Bat Conservation International, as they try and save bat species from loss of habitat and white-nose syndrome.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (page 78) and index.
Contents	Bat basics -- Bat benefits -- Working in the dark -- Bat predators -- Changing minds, rescuing bats -- Batty myths -- Going underground -- How a cave traps cold air -- Gating Laurel Cave -- Building bat homes -- Celebrity bridge bats -- Mines for bats -- Discovering bats' secrets -- Ensuring survival -- Killer wind.
Subject	Bat Conservation International -- Juvenile literature.
	Bat Conservation International.
	Bats -- Research -- Juvenile literature.
	Bats.
	Research.
	Mammalogists -- Juvenile literature.
	Mammalogists.
	Bat Conservation International.
Added Author	Uhlman, Tom, photographer.
	Tuttle, Merlin D.
ISBN	9780547199566
	0547199562