It is a short, sweet, and simple book good for children under the age of 7. The art style is in the Batman cartoons most kids are familiar with and enjoy. It teaches a good lesson about trust by using various situations that one can find themselves or others in. Definitely will buy this book for my nieces and nephews.

This series of superhero books highlights positive qualities of each hero. In this book, Batman's trustworthiness is in the spotlight. Through examples in typical comic book fashion, we see how a variety of Batman's friends and enemies (from Commissioner Gordon to the Joker to Batgirl and more) trust him to do his job, help others, and tell the truth.

This book and others in the series are great for teaching positive attributes we'd like to instill in our children and students. It's perfect for any superhero loving kid!

Another great picture book for kids starring Batman. As a comics fan I'm really enjoying the ability to introduce Batman to my 4 year old daughter in books she can understand.

This book really helps connect superheroes to everyday occurrences while teaching lessons. The artwork is straight from the comics and encourages easy recognition of the characters. The message is clear and I like how it is summarized at the end to reiterate the message as well. I would recommend this story to anyone with children who are learning to read as well as grade school teachers.

I loved this book! My husband loves Batman and he’s gotten our 3 year old nephew into him and we are teaching him manners and to be honest. This book is perfect and I am excited to purchase a copy for our nephew.

The illustrations are awesome, I especially love the Joker and Harley Quinn making an appearance but I also love the aspect of everybody trusting Batman because he’s a trustworthy.

Since superheroes are hot right now, this was a good choice on showing trustworthy to kids.
The graphics and colors are great. The way the theme is repeated is great for kids. I know younger kids would love to read this book. I could see it being a good way to teach being trustworthy to a class of kindergarteners or first graders.
So over all this is a great book for younger kids.

Part of a series of DC superheroes treating morals to children. This one is super cute, great for kids!

I enjoyed this book. It is illustrated in a vibrant, recognizable style that any Super Hero fan will love. Perfect for young emerging readers who are learning about values. I especially like the "Batman Says" section at the end.
I received a copy from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Batman is used in this story to illustrate what it means to be Trustworthy. It is one of a 6 book Series where each focus on one of the Pillars of Character from the program used in many schools. Batman uses his interactions with the citizens of Gotham, his friends and the villains to teach about trust. The story shows how Batman develops trust by being loyal, responsible, honest, courageous and just being the best you can be. I like how they reiterate the points from the story at the end in very simple terms.

For kids who love Marvel & DC, using the characters they identify with and love to demonstrate this character trait, will help them to understand and hopefully emulate the positive characteristic. The story is very simple and easy to understand, and the cartoon graphics will attract the attention of the listener or reader. The villians are the same ones that are in the animated series. This is a good book to use at home or school to teach these positive character traits or reinforce traits already taught. A great addition to family and school libraries. The additional books in this series that will be released later include: Wonder Woman is Respectful, Superman is a Good Citizen, Green Lantern is Responsible, The Flash is Caring, and Aquaman is Fair.

*thank you to Capstone Publishers and Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*

4 stars.

Any fan of Batman, even if its only small, would really enjoy this. Its illustrations are very good and I like how bits of humor have been added. A few pages made me smile. Its about being trustworthy. This book tells what it means to be trustworthy and what it is. So this is also an educational book. It even fetures Robin and Batgirl.

I like the idea of using superheroes to relate good character traits. This book uses Batman to discuss the different ways we can be *trustworthy*. I think I might like to get this whole collection of DC heroes.

Read this to my 4yo, who loved it. It promoted good discussion about what "trustworthy" means, and ways you can show you can be trusted.

A great way to teach kids to be trustworthy just like their hero Batman. I look forward to seeing more of these titles and sharing them with the little ones in my life.

Having read the previous two books in the Capstone/DC kids books, I decided to give it one more shot because I really would love a kids Batman book that I could share with my son. The same problem persists in Batman is Trustworthy as it did in Be A Star, Wonder Woman and Bedtime for Batman. The message isn’t subtle and the equivalent of me just telling my child to do something while showing them a picture of Batman and saying the word “Batman” over and over.

Each two-page spread is just a defining quality of Batman and why someone or someones trust him because of it. It’s that simple. Just that over and over. It’s not particularly fun to read and since anyone that’s experienced kids know that you will end up reading a story over and over unless they dislike it.
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It would just be nice if the messages were subtle and not hitting you over the head. Also, there’s the fact that the message and word “Batman” is supposed to be a stand in for parents and also the child, but it never manages to relay this to the reader/child accurately. Instead, it feels like a story all about how great Batman is, never once asking the child to be like Batman. That’s the real problem, the message is full of great stuff, but it’s never mentioned once that the kid should develop these traits and be just as great… which you’d think would be the point. Maybe I’m not giving kids enough credit but since it seems like it’s written for a small child and something I would read to my two-year old, I don’t know if I’m that far off the mark.

The artwork is fine. Unlike Be A Star, Wonder Woman! it relies heavily on Bruce Timm’s style. This time it pulls from The Adventures of Batman & Robin, which is not the best looking or most interesting animated series ever developed by the WB. For me, it’s the worst art style to pull from and also extremely dated in that kids today will have no connection, like zero out of hundred, with this material so why not just innovate and make a new look?

It’s unlikely that I’ll check out any more Capstone/DC kids books. I like the effort and would love for something of quality to come out that I could share with my son that enjoys both Batman and Wonder Woman, but so far it’s just been “copy and paste” messages. The most damaging thing about these books is that they write down to the audience and great kids books always write up. They write to kids as if they were the smartest and most important people in the world because that’s how every parent views their child. When you write down to them, you’re failing to achieve the very goal you set out to do, which is educate children.

This isn't exactly the ''real'' Batman, owning up to making a mistake when he spills his coffee over his computer array, etc, but you know what? This very simple reader, designed to latch on to the superhero and instill trustworthiness and to inspire kindergarten debate about being reliable when your friends need you, is actually a very good way of getting the lesson across. The set will include six similar books in total, all harking back to the most PC and worthy side of the Comics Code, but actually just doing their job very well.

This is a title for fans. The author hits the “trustworthy” so hard and often that it loses something. It doesn't really have a story to follow.

Batman is used in this story to illustrate lessons on being Trustworthy. It is one of a 6 book Series where each focus on a positive attribute. The others are:

Wonder Woman is Respectful
Superman is a Good Citizen
Green Lantern is Responsible
The Flash is Caring
Aquaman is Fair

Batman uses his interactions with the citizens of Gotham and the villains intent on causing trouble to teach about trust, loyalty, responsibility, honesty and courage. At the end of the story Batman breaks it down in simple one liners to drive the point in further.

I have kids who LOVE Marvel & DC so using something they are already familiar with and have come to view as a positive source just further drives in the point that these are good characteristics to make a part of your everyday life. The story is very simple and easy to understand, the graphics seem to reflect what was used in Batman The Animated Series so they can be a little dark but that just goes with Batman’s persona.

My kids did have fun pointing out all the villains such as Two-Face, Poison Ivy, Joker, Harley Quinn, Riddler, Scarecrow, Penguin, Clayface and Killer Croc.

It’s a good book and series to help teach both at home and in the classroom especially as comic heroes and villains have become such a mainstay in current society.

decent story with a cute message on the importance of trust. illustrations are great and its a good introduction the the batman characters.