Bats in the Air, Bats in My Hair is an American children's book written by Martha Hamlett

Martha Hamlett

Martha Clowdis Hamlett is a children's poem writer and children's book author who write Bats in the Air, Bats in My Hair. Hamlett currently resides with her family in Lynchburg, Virginia. Hamlett has performed several readings and signings at bookstores and schools. She was noted in several...

 and illustrated by Davey Morgan

Davey Morgan

David Randy Morgan Jr. , is a professional children's book illustrator and professional photographer.-Education:He received his Bachelor's degree in Visual Art from Erskine College in Due West, SC...

. 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

Dr. Seuss

Theodor Seuss Geisel was an American writer, poet, and cartoonist most widely known for his children's books written under the pen names Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg and, in one case, Rosetta Stone....

. Hamlett also enjoys poems by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life...

 and F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigm writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himself. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost...

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External links

• Bats in the Air, Bats in My Hair - Book web site
• Roanoke Times - Book Review - August 9, 2009
• Pittsylvania County Schools - Hallway Highlights