Daniel is unhappy about moving to a new house but a surprise friendship with a bat makes the transition more bearable. At first, Daniel thinks a ghost is living with him in his attic bedroom but quickly discovers that the ghost is really a fruit bat who can talk! Like Daniel, Bat is homesick. He needs Daniel’s help to get back to the land of Papaya Premium, which Daniel learns from researching is Borneo.

Daniel is determined to help his new friend whose is renamed Megabat due to Daniel’s bat research and his love for Star Wars. Daniel soon meets next door neighbors Talia and her brother Jamie. An animal lover, Talia offers to help Daniel get Megabat home, but the two encounter obstacles with every attempt. And it doesn’t help that Jamie’s blackmailing Talia to be his servant in exchange for keeping talking Megabat a secret from their mom.

For readers transitioning to chapter books, Megabat is a great addition to a classroom library. Young readers will be able to identify with Daniel and enjoy the Star Wars references. Reich’s adorable illustrations of Megabat along with his fun personality will also draw in the reader. Fingers crossed this is the first of many books in an engaging series for early elementary readers.

I found this book absolutely adorable! "Megabat" is a fast-paced, entertaining, and heartwarming story with extremely likable characters and a sweet message of friendship. I highly recommend this charming book to children and adults alike!

Such a cute story! I love the characters and the relationships they build with each other throughout the book. Overall, I think it's pretty easy to read too except for some of the phonetic writing when the bat speaks. I see young readers loving the lovable bat, the main character Daniel's conviction to help his new friend, and all the other sweet details throughout the book.

This book was a disaster! The kids keep a sick bat and don't tell their parents; hello - rabies! They keep a sick bat a secret with no consequences. You don't write storylines like that in books for this age group because if they find a sick bat they are going think it is cool, like these kids, and keep it a secret from the adults and possibly contract rabies. The publisher is irresponsible in publishing this story. The science was also bad. Even if it is a talking bat it has to fit the size of its species and be able to fly / not fly according to real world physics. This book is not a good idea for its intended age group.

First let me thank Netgalley for an advanced digital copy. This is such a cute book. The story is unique & fun and I loved the illustrations. The story follows Daniel, a young boy that just moved into a new house and is sad to leave his old school and friends. He believes his new attic room is haunted but soon finds what really is creeping around his room at night. This book releases in August so it would be a really great Halloween gift. I highly recommend this to bat lovers of all ages.

I read this book outloud to my neices. Let me say it was hard to read. The bat's lingo was hard to express that it was coming from the bat and not just bad writing and grammer. I dont understand what the point of the story was at the end becuase there were so may small ideas that bothered me. Some bothersome things included making friends with the neighbor, the bad boy next door or calling the parent's by the first name. I found that this book did not have a good flow and kept making up stuff that could have ben edited out.

Cute story for an early chapter book reader. I think 1st through 3rd grade students would enjoy this. Not too long, not too short.

This was a cute story about a boy and a lost bat who were both struggling with the loneliness of being stuck in a new place. With the help of new friends, both human and animal, the duo overcomes their fears and loneliness to make new friends.

This is a lovely story about new beginnings and new friends!

Daniel and his family have just moved from Toronto to a new house, away from his old life and his friends. The neighbors have two children about his age, but Daniel is not keen on meeting them. He misses his old life and prefers to spend time in his room. The very first night in the new house, Daniel comes to think that the house is haunted. There is a paddle on which he slips and there is also a voice coming from somewhere in the ceiling!

It turns out that there is no ghost, in the house, just a small fruit bat that is living in Daniel’s room in the attic. The bat was taking a nap on a papaya one day on its beautiful tropic island. When he woke up, he found himself in that old house. Now he is lonely and he wants to go back home to Papaya Premium!

This funny children’s book is enjoyable to read! The story about the boy and the bat is clever enough to keep the young reader going! It talks about a big change in a child’s life and how this can affect the poor thing. At the same time it shows ways that the child can be destructed and try to make new friendships.

For example, the bat was a really good reason for Daniel to seek for help in his mission to ship Megabat back home. This is how he meets with the kids next door, even though he didn’t actually want to meet anyone new! However, the purpose was bigger than his hesitation and it help him find a new good friend, Talia!

Took a bit after reading this to think it over. I 'd guess kids 2nd grade to 5th grade would enjoy this story. It has a lonely boy, a lonely talking fruitbat and both have been moved to new homes (no one asked if they wanted to be moved), neither are happy, but the boy, Daniel, tries to get Megabat back to his home in Borneo with the help of a new friend, Talia. Seems like a good story reluctant readers may enjoy, too.

What a super book for children. It's the story of a boy and a fruit bat. Daniel has moved to a new home and is very lonely until he meets Megabat. They forge an unusual friendship when they try to get Megabat back to his home of origin. Heart warming and tender with a touch if humour. Ideal for 6 to 9 year olds.

This was a cute book about a boy that moves to a new home and finds that a bat lives there. They become friends. It was a cute fast juvenile read. Great for middle grades (3-4) because it’s a little more advanced than beginning chapter books. I think kids will love the story and the characters.
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This was an absolutely adorable book and the illustrations are so cute! I think this book has the potential to appeal to a very broad audience. It's not too girly or boy-ish, and it's fantasy but not overt fantasy. Not only is it adorable, but it has a good message and has heart. I will definitely be requesting this title for my library.

Such a short, sweet and simple story that teaches friendship. I liked it and will recommend it.

When reviewing a children's book, I like to read it to my own children so it's not just an adult's point of view. And Megabat absolutely won my 7 year old son over. He would ask for me to read it each night for his good-night story. The bat reminded me a little of the alien in the movie Home in the way he spoke, and he was absolutely charming. It is the story of a boy who finds this little bat in his new home and it trying to figure out a way to get the bat home. I definitely recommend Megabat to any with young children.

Home is where the heart is.

Daniel doesn’t like his new home, and he doesn’t like his new town. He wants to go back to his old friends, and he feels alone. Until he finds out a small, talking bat in his room. Megabat is as sad and as lonely as Daniel is. Having been accidentally carried to Canada from Borneo, he, too, misses his home. And Daniel, with the help of his neighbor, Talia, promises to help him return to his home.

This is a moving story about two creatures, widely different from each other, that become the best of friends. It is a hilarious and sweet story about two friends, both a long way from home, who bond and rediscover what home actually means.

Along the way, Daniel and Megabat realize that home is more than just four walls and a roof. Home is where your loved ones are. Home is where people care about you. Home is where you can be happy. And, ultimately, home is where the heart is.

A precious story about a boy named Daniel and a fruit bat discovering what the true meaning of home is and forging the most unlikely friendships!

I really liked the illustrations in this book, but other than that, it fell a little flat for me. We have no history of why the bat knows how to talk (and why, if he comes from a tropical location, he can speak English?) I liked the story of the friendships that formed between the different characters - humans and animals alike. But this is probably not one I will be recommending to my patrons.

I read Megabat with my two kids (6 & 4 ), we all loved it and looked forward to reading it every night. Even Dad loved the book, asking us to only read it at bedtime so he could listen too. It was hard to choose between devouring it all at once or pacing ourselves with a few chapters each night. Megabat is such a charming character, his adorable voice and kind demeanor easily won us over. The story of Megabat and Daniel is sweet as they overcome and accept the changes in each of their lives. The illustrations add a lot to the story and we always looked forward to more cute pictures of Megabat. I’m not sure if this story is set up for sequels, but we would be happy to read more about the friends in Megabat.

A fun story of adventure and friendship between a lonely boy who is new-to-town and his newfound friend, the lonely fruit bat found in the attic of his new home. The storyline is fun, and the themes around different friendships are touching. My children will love this book and I look forward to reading more by this author with them. 5 stars for Megabat.