Insects

by Janet Riehecky

Overview

Say hello to bees, ants, butterflies, and more! Insects is a colorful photo-filled animal-science reference book for young readers and browsers. Not only will kids discover basic topics such as habitat, anatomy, and diet, but they'll also find fun topics such record-breaking insects and how insects help people—all written in a clear, concise way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496621795
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	05/01/2019
Series:	My First Animal Kingdom Encyclopedias
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	37 MB
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Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Janet Riehecky is a longtime writer for children. She has worked as a high school English teacher, a college professor, and a children's book editor. Her 24 volume series Dinosaurs! won the Summit Award for Best Children's Nonfiction, presented by the Society of Midland Authors, and her Tasmanian Tiger was a Junior Library Guild selection. Janet loves to collect dinosaur bones. On a dig in western Colorado, she dug up the first bone found of a brand new dinosaur, the Mymoorapelta.

Table of Contents

What are insects? — Part by part — Common groups — Circle of life — A place to call home — Working together — Let's eat — Sensing the world — Move it! — Staying safe — Helpful insects — Not-so-helpful insects — Insect records — Fun facts.

Interviews

full-color photos for nearly every encyclopedia entry (organized topically) appeal especially to preK-2 readers and browsers, basic-fact categories related to species are included (e.g., life cycles, anatomy, defenses) to cover Common Core science standards but so are unique-facts categories (e.g., record-breaking insects) for maximum kid appeal, text for the 80+ terms is factual yet concise so as not to overwhelm young readers