Bats in the Air, Bats in My Hair

Bats in the Air, Bats in My Hair is an American children's book written by Martha Hamlett and illustrated by Davey Morgan. It was published in 2008. The book format is a rhyme-filled picture book.

Plot summary

The protagonist, Sally, visits her grandmother for a night and finds unsuspected visitors in the room she is sleeping in. She awakens in the middle of the night to find bats in the room. Sally and her grandmother remove the bats from the bedroom victoriously. Sally goes to sleep and dreams of the bats. She then returns home the next morning. However a bat is hanging onto the bumper of her parent's car.

Inspiration

The story is taken from Martha Hamlett's own childhood experience at her grandmother’s house. She had a sleepover with her cousins at her grandmother's house and in the middle of the night there was a noise. They turned the lights on and there was a bat tangled in her cousin's hair and another on the floor.

She was also inspired by rhymes from classic stories like Dr. Seuss. Hamlett also enjoys poems by Emily Dickinson and F. Scott Fitzgerald.

External links

• Bats in the Air, Bats in My Hair - Book web site
• Roanoke Times - Book Review - August 09, 2009
• Pittsylvania County Schools - Hallway Highlights