Stellaluna

Baby bat Stellaluna’s life is flitting along right on schedule–until an owl attacks her mother one night, knocking the bewildered batlet out of her mother’s loving grasp. The tiny bat is lucky enough to land in a nest of baby birds, but her whole world has just turned upside down. Literally. Stellaluna’s adoptive bird mom accepts her into her nest, but only on the condition that Stellaluna will act like a bird, not a bat. Soon Stellaluna has learned to behave like a good bird should–she quits hanging by her feet and starts eating bugs. But when she finally has an opportunity to show her bird siblings what life as a bat is like, all of them are confounded. Anyone who has ever been asked to be someone they’re not will understand the conflicts–and possibilities–Stellaluna faces.
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Creators
Janell Cannon, author 
Saskia Janse, playwright
Guus Ponsioen, composer

Details
29 pgs. 5 Actors/Puppeteers 
A musical play in seven episodes 
Originally produced in Seattle Children's Theatre’s 1997-98 season
Run Time: 42 minutes

Audience Recommendation: All Ages

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“[Stellaluna] even, if one dares say it, improves on the book, adding wit, humor and hummable tunes to this fable about being different yet fitting in.” -Seattle Times

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