Join us for a visit from Barberton native Conrad Storad as he reads from his new book The Bat Book: Afraid of a Bat? What's Up with That? A book signing will follow this event. 
Little Boy Bat lives under the Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin, Texas. One day he overhears some human kids saying mean, nasty things about bats. “Bats are ugly. Bats are weird. Bats are SCARY!” Their words make him feel very sad. L.B has a long talk with his parents. L.B. decides to write and illustrate a book so that he can teach those human kids some facts and the truth about bats. The Bat Book is his creation. It includes important lessons for all of us. Most important, bats are NOT scary!
Storad is the award-winning author or editor of more than 50 science and nature books for children and young adults. Storad’s new picture books for 2015 include Gator, Gator, Second Grader and The Bat Book. New in 2014 were Monster in the Rocks, which was selected by the National Center for the Book to represent Arizona as part of the “52 Great Reads” program at the National Book Festival, and Story Monster and Friends. Books published in 2013 included USA Book News Best Book Winner Fang and Stinger (An Arachnid Story), My Circulatory System, and Uncovering Earth’s Crust.