From Megabat With Love is a story that follows Daniel and his little bat friend, Megabat. There is a Scouting element which will be relatable to readers who may be in scouts themselves. While at a scout meeting, MegaBat meets the bird love of his life, and he decides to make a plan that will make her fall in love with him as well. Except things don’t go quite as he had planned.

I would say that this book is an early chapter book with relatively easy vocabulary for young readers. The story itself was cute, but I didn’t personally enjoy the baby-talk speech pattern of Megabat’s dialogue. I read some of the dialogue to my 9 year old son, who said it was a little hard for him to understand. Other than that, though, I thought the story was engaging, and would be a great Valentine’s Day read for kids.

🧚🏻 A huge thank you goes out to NetGalley, Tundra Book Group, and author Anna Humphrey for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

It's Valentine's day and Megabat wants to tell his crush Bird Girl that he loves her... but how? A adorable book in the Megabat series! Filled with shenanigans, adorable drawings, and a very sweet bat as he tries to impress his crush. It's a cute read and I think this series is absolutely adorable. It's one I'd definitely recommend for young readers and its a super easy read as well.

Release Date: December 10,2024

Publication/Blog: Ash and Books (ash-and-books.tumblr.com)

*Thanks Netgalley and Tundra Book Group | Tundra Books for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

Thank you, Tundra Books, for the ARC.

As much as the book cover and the blurb talk about “love”, “crush” or “Valentines” I would say “pick up this book for a fun, adventurous read with birds, as main characters, which can actually speak!

Daniel, our little boy, is trying to earn his scout badge as much as he can for the retirement home residents. But things do not turn out as he thought as his Bird Scouts are rather chaotic and tend to get into trouble along the way.

However, things do turn out well with team work and effective communication amongst them. Well, we also get to learn about caring about some of the animals we keep as pets.

Well, a little disappointed as I expected to read more about the valentines/cute parts. The illustrations are awesome.

I wish there were more illustrations!

Overall a fun enjoyable and wholesome read.