Janell Cannon Quotes

″‘Mother,’ Stellaluna squeaked. ‘Where are you?’ By daybreak, the baby bat could hold on no longer. Down, down again she dropped.”

″‘How can we be so different and feel so much alike?’ Mused Flitter. ‘And how can we feel so different and be so much alike?’ Wondered Pip. ‘I think this is quite a mystery,’ Flap chirped. ‘I agree,’ said Stellaluna. ‘But we’re friends. And that’s a fact.‘”

“There once lived a mother fruit bat and her new baby. Oh, how Mother Bat loved her baby. ‘I’ll name you Stellaluna.‘”

“How can we be so different and feel so much alike?”

″...she let go of the tree and dropped into the deep blue sky.”

“Stellaluna was terribly hungry--but not for the crawly things Mama Bird brought.”

“Stellaluna behaved as a good bird should.”

“You’ll never have to eat another bug as long as you live.”

“Stellaluna learned to be like the birds.”

“You are Stellaluna. You are my baby.”