Easily link to this page www.BitsyBat.com Official Publisher Page HERE
Signed and doodled copies from Second Star to the Right Book Shop HERE
All Kaz’s book buy and social media links LINKTREE
Kirkus STAR review HERE
Bookpage STAR review HERE
School Library Journal STAR review HERE
Teacher Lesson Plans:
Bitsy Bat Media Kit:
Activity Sheets:
Book Preview Trailer and Draw Bitsy with Me Activity: https://youtu.be/p6lHuuZNV3o
Book Summary:
Bitsy is a little bat with big star dreams of making friends at her new school. But when she arrives, Bitsy doesn’t feel like she fits in. The other kids sit on their chairs, but sitting upright makes Bitsy dizzy. The other kids paint with their fingers, but Bitsy would rather use her toes. Everyone tells Bitsy she’s doing things wrong-wrong-wrong, so she tries harder…and ends up having a five-star meltdown.
Now Bitsy feels like a very small star and doesn’t want to go back to school. But with help from her family, Bitsy musters her courage, comes up with a new plan, and discovers that being a good friend is just one of the ways she shines bright!
Backmatter includes a More About Autism facts page, making this “a particularly helpful resource for all kids” (BookPage, starred review).
Why I wrote “Bitsy Bat, School Star” Video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cp-kzCfvO3V/
Pronounce Kaz Windness Recording TEACHINGBOOKS.NET
Website: www.WindnessBooks.com
BIO: Kaz Windness is an author-illustrator who loves to make her readers laugh. When she’s not writing or illustrating books, Kaz teaches illustration at the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design and enjoys making deep-dish pizza. Kaz lives in Denver, Colorado, with her husband, two children, and Boston terrier. She’s the author of picture books Swim, Jim! and Bitsy Bat, School Star. She also created the Level 1 Ready-to-Read Graphics Worm and Caterpillar Are Friends and the Level 1 Ready-to-Read Cat vs. Vac. Visit her at WindnessBooks.com.
Cover Reveal Video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cjifz_hPPD8/
Van Show Interview/Austin Public Library at Texas Library Association #TXLA23: HERE
Bitsy Bat, School Star Blog Tour (updated as interviews go live)
Debbie Ridpath Ohi: https://debbieohi.com/2023/04/kaz-windness-2023/
A Novel Mind: https://www.anovelmind.com/post/kaz-windness-on-bitsy-bat-and-feeling-upside-down-sel-autism
Simply 7: https://jenabenton.com/2023/05/30/simply-7-with-kaz-windness-giveaway-bitsty-bat-school-star/
Unleashing Readers: https://www.unleashingreaders.com/26418
Growing Readers Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thechildrensbookreview
Deborah Kalb Books: https://deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2023/06/q-with-kaz-windness.html
Teaching Books: https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=86944 (interview coming)
YA and Kids Books Central: https://www.yabookscentral.com/author-chat-with-kaz-windness-bitsy-bat-school-star-plus-giveaway-us-only-no-p-o-boxes/
Book Tour and Events:
Denver Children’s Festival of Stories October 7th, 2023
Texas Book Fair and Reading Rockstars, November 10-12, 2023
NCTE in Cincinnati, Ohio, November 16-17, 2023
-Thursday panel Room C-151 9:30-10:45AM
-Friday book signing Simon & Schuster booth #724 11:30-12:30
http://www.windnessbooks.com/meetkaz
#BitsyBat #BitsyBatBlogTour #autismawareness #autismunderstanding #autismappreciation
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