The children weren't impressed with this book--I think they'd probably give it two stars, but I think that they were just not really in the mood to have stories yesterday. The book is informative, well done, and interesting, and I do believe that on a better day my niece would have loved this one. I think it's certainly worth checking out, and it would be great to read around halloween to dispel all of those myths about bats being scary, nasty creatures.