Mem Fox, illus. by Jan Thomas, S&S/Beach Lane, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4424-0598-1 This animated counting book uses irreverent couplets and a screwball cast of goats for its humor. As if Thomas's ...

“The Annual Bat Count involves sitting outside a bat maternity roost at sunset, and for an hour, counting all the bats that ...