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Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In this eye-opening and entertaining work of popular science in the spirit of The Mosquito, Entangled Life, and The Book of Eels, a leading behavioural ecologist transforms our understanding of wasps, exploring these much-maligned insects' secret world, their incredible diversity and complex social lives, and revealing how they hold our fragile ecosystem in balance.
3) Bug catchers
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Best friends and fellow bug catchers Dirt and Bugsy gather supplies and make a structure to shelter their insects from an incoming storm.
4) City bugs
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"Brightly coloured photographs and minimal text identifying the insects that children can find in urban settings."--
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sophia Spencer has loved bugs ever since a butterfly landed on her shoulder--and wouldn't leave!--at a butterfly conservancy when she was only two-and-a-half years old. In preschool and kindergarten, Sophia was thrilled to share what she knew about grasshoppers (her very favorite insects), as well as ants and fireflies . . . but by first grade, not everyone shared her enthusiasm. Some students bullied her, and Sophia stopped talking about bugs altogether....
Author
Series
Bug man novels volume 6
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Forensic entomologist Dr. Nick Polchak is supposed to get married within a matter of days, but finds himself drawn into a murder investigation where the victim is an old friend and when he hasn't been heard from, his fiancée, a dog trainer, sets out to find him before the wedding date.
Author
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In 1885, determined to uphold her father's legacy, Nora Shipley joins an entomology research expedition to India. In this spellbinding new land, Nora is torn between saving a young Indian girl and saving her career, and between what she's always thought she wanted and the man she's come to love"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The curiosity of the first African American entomologist Charles Henry Turner--a scientist who studied bugs--shines in this nonfiction picture book, which showcases his ideas and discoveries about ants, bees, and other insects. Charles Henry Turner's mind itched with questions. Fascinated by animals, bugs, and crustaceans, Turner studied their lives. When books didn't answer his questions, he researched, experimented, and looked for answers on his...
9) Natural histories: Innumerable insects :the story of the most diverse and myriad animals on earth
Author
Publisher
Sterling, an imprint of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
INSECTS (ENTOMOLOGY). A fascinating look at the world's most numerous inhabitants, illustrated with stunning images from the American Museum of Natural History's Rare Book Collection. To date, we have discovered and described or named around 1.1 million insect species, and thousands of new species are added to the ranks every year. It is estimated that there are around five million insect species on Earth, making them the most diverse lineage of all...
10) Insects
Author
Series
Yearbook of agriculture volume 1952
Publisher
U.S. Govt. Print. Off
Pub. Date
[1952]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman explores the extraordinary life and scientific discoveries of Maria Merian, who discovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented the science behind the mystery in this visual biography that features many original paintings by Maria herself."--
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