Based on the beloved, best-selling children’s book by Janell Cannon, the fun-filled animated feature Stellaluna follows a spirited young fruit bat who finds friendship, love and acceptance in ...

CarlsbadCarlsbad — Once upon a time, there was a mother fruit bat who had a newborn baby she loved very much, and she named her Stellaluna. So begins the internationally acclaimed 1993 children ...

When I was younger, I had a fascination with fruit bats. I came across Stellaluna as a book that came with a cute stuffed bat when on vacation with my family. I loved that bat but as I got older ...

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And why would Seattle Children’s Theatre (SCT) think that a play based on that book, Janell Cannon’s “Stellaluna,” would be suitable for very young audiences? Adapted by Saskia Janse.

That artwork, paired with the story Cannon wrote to accompany it, became Stellaluna, a picture book that found a home at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1993. The book’s themes of tolerance and ...

In “Stellaluna and Other Tales,” a world-premiere musical version of Cannon’s stories by Alyn Cardarelli and Steve Goers, a hyena, a snake and the little batgirl of the title finally get ...