About the Author

Roberto Pavanello is an accomplished children's author and teacher. He currently teaches Italian at a local middle school and is an expert in children's theatre. Pavanello has written many children's books, including Dracula and the School of Vampires, Look I'm Calling the Shadow Man! and the Bat Pack series, which has been published in Spain, Belgium, Holland, Turkey, Brazil, Argentina, China, and now the United States as 'Echo and the Bat Pack'. He is also the author of the Oscar & Co. series, as well as the Flambus Green books. Pavanello currently lives in Italy with his wife and three children.

Reviews

An 8 1/2 year old's thoughts about Treasure in the Graveyard: I kinda liked this book. What I like is that they were able to solve the mystery and I like mysteries. I really liked that there was a lot of cool pictures in the book to go with the story.-- "Bumbles and Fairy-Tales blog"

As an adult, I was kept on my toes and the mystery was very fun to follow. The illustrations that go along with the book are beautiful and vibrant, any young reader will take to those, if not the story too. . . .Wonderful read!-- "Cover 2 Cover blog"

Clues are spread about in such a way that a kid reader would always be just a little bit ahead of the kid sleuths in the book, which I have found to be a fun way to have an early reader mystery. . . .a nice, balanced, engaging and pleasant read, with a well crafted mystery angle and attractive heroes. I'd be happy to have this in our early reader library.-- "NetGalley Review"

Fun book to read during Halloween time to your kids. My 8 year old son loved it and was always asking for one more chapter. I also had a lot of fun reading it to him. 5 out of 5 stars for the fun story and great family time we had together reading this.-- "NetGalley Reveiw"

Fun young reader book.-- "NetGalley Review"

Great colorful illustrations throughout this adventure of this talking writer bat who is befriended by the three Silver kids, aka. his Bat Pack and together they solve a mystery.-- "Imagination Soup blog"

In these easy chapter books, Echo is a mystery-solving bat that grew up in a library. His young human sidekicks are Becca, Michael, and Tyler, aka the Bat Pack. In King Tut, he thinks that he spies a mummy chasing them on a trip back from the lake. He alerts the children, but they don't see it and chalk it up to Echo's tired eyes. When they read an article about an Egyptian exhibit coming to the museum, they joke with Echo about the mummy. They really are chased by it, and the kids and Echo must use their wits to get to the bottom of the mystery and thwart a theft. This is an entertaining introduction to ancient Egypt that could spur young readers to find nonfiction or additional tales related to this era. In Graveyard, Echo is minding his own business in the Fogville cemetery when he discovers a mysterious hooded figure digging for a buried treasure. He enlists the help of his Bat Pack to figure out just what the man is up to, and they make some startling discoveries. A nosy raven is in cahoots with the hooded man. They also meet up with a ghostly sailor who helps them out in the end. Full-color cartoon illustrations appear throughout both books and complement the texts. Discussion questions and writing prompts are also included.-- "School Library Journal"

Italian children's author and teacher Pavanello's Bat Pack series debuts in America with this first of four not-too-frightening tales of mystery and monsters. . . .Scooby Doo as a bat for the chapter-book crowd.-- "Kirkus Reviews"

The chapters are a good length - not too long so as to scare readers off, but not too short that getting through the chapters isn't an accomplishment. The full-colour illustrations, many of them full-pages, also provide the book with a cartoon-like energy. This looks like it will be a good series for young readers who like mysteries in the Scooby Doo vein; look for these meddling kids to thwart one mystery after another (with the help of their new bat friend).-- "Crowding the Book Truck blog"

The story reminds of the Scooby Doo gang as they solve mysteries. Typically in middle grade books, the main characters are friends/classmates and not siblings. It is nice to read about siblings that get along with each other. . . .I like how the three work together to solve the mystery. The addiction of Echo, the bat, who is the narrator, is pure genius, and I got a kick out of the thought that he is a writer. Overall, I loved reading Treasure in the Graveyard and I recommend it to readers of all ages.-- "Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer blog"

This is a very fun and entertaining little mystery for 1st-3rd graders, with just a light touch of spooky.-- "Provo Library Children's Book Review"