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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2008
Gr 1-4 With a minimum of scientific terms, each title describes a few general characteristics of all insects and some distinctive characteristics of those that are featured here. On each chapter spread, several short sentences of text, set against a pastel background, are illustrated by a full-page (or a page and a quarter) color picture of one or more of the species. Most of the photos are sharply defined close-ups, so detailed that in shots of the insects' eggs, each one is distinct. Antennae segments, hairs, and spines on the insects' legs and bodies, etc., are...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
These books introduce readers to invertebrates, chronicling such information as how praying mantises keep clean and the different colors of stinkbugs. The close-up photos are vivid and engaging, but some include les...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
