It has always been humans who show us bats and explain their behaviour to us. But things are very different in this book. Here, a bat called Kobold Mouse-Ear talks about his life and answers all the interesting questions that Lisa and Felix put to him. Grown-ups may find this unusual, but it's quite normal for children. In the fantasy world in which children live, lots of things can talk. Children talk to animals and can even understand what the animals say to them. Kobold teaches readers a lot about the exciting and mysterious lives of bats.