Featuring colourful collage illustrations, simple story, die-cut pages and finger-sized holes, this book is suitable for children.

Tells the story of James and his journey to New York with the strangest group of insect friends.

The bad-tempered ladybird picks fights with every animal he meets, but soon learns the importance of friends and turns into a far nicer, happier bug.

A little cricket has lost his song - he rubs his wings together and nothing happens. He sets off to find his voice and meets all kinds of creatures who make all kinds of noises, but still he can make no sound at all. One day he meets a special friend, and when he rubs his wings together, he makes 'the most beautiful sound you have ever heard'.

Early one morning a little spider begins to spin her web on a fence post. This book presents collages of familiar animals is the tactile experience of feeling the spider's web as it grows from a simple line into a complex and beautiful creation.

Independent Publisher Book Award for Best Science Book Winner of the 2003 Professional/Scholarly Publishing Award of the Association of American Publishers, Biology Category Imagine beetles ejecting defensive sprays as hot as boiling water; female moths holding their mates for ransom; caterpillars disguising themselves as flowers by fastening petals to their bodies; termites emitting a viscous ...

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Contains information and illustrations about beetles: striped beetles, spotted beetles, and all-over-dotted beetles.

'The Metamorphosis' is one of the most remarkable stories ever written. Kafka's surrealistic approach shocks us into a new apppreciation of a basic truth: when we have outlived our usefulness there are no longer any certainties.

A multi-level reading programme that helps children to develop their reading skills and general knowledge. It features photographs, illustrations and age-appropriate stories.

Using the highest quality close-up photography, this guide brings to life over 700 species on the page, and is the perfect field companion for insect enthusiasts of all ages and levels of experience.

Beautifully illustrated complete evolutionary history of insects: their living diversity, relationships and 400 million years of fossils.

When damselfly Dilly hears about the Bugliest Bug contest, she goes along to see who will win. There are fireflies, ladybirds, stink bugs, click beetles, crickets and some very suspicious-looking judges! Can Dilly alert her insect friends to the dangers she has spotted?

Contains field notes to 46 bugs arranged by habitat, including pond, forest, ground, leaves, field, flower. This book gives comprehensive information about these fascinating creatures - how they live, what they eat, unusual characteristics, and more.

The very lazy ladybird likes to sleep all day and all night. And because she sleeps all day and all night, she doesn't know how to fly. One day, she decides she wants to sleep somewhere else, so hops onto a kangaroo, but that's too bouncy, the tiger is too noisy, but the elephant's trunk is great.

A reference guide to beetles, this text provides a look at these poorly understood creatures and highlights the absolutely essential role they play in the dynamics of nearly every terrestrial ecosystem on Earth. It also demonstrates the amazing aesthetics of beetle design.

With a blend of cultural inquiry, intrepid exploration and photography, this volume documents the practice and history of entomophagy around the world. Over 12 bug-eating countries are featured, from Mexico to China.