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Author:

Becker, Helaine, 1961-

Title:

The insecto-files : amazing insect science and bug facts you'll never believe / Helaine Becker ; illustrated by Claudia Dávila.

Publisher:

Maple Tree Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

64 p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 25 cm.

Subject:

Insects--Juvenile literature.
Insects--Experiments--Juvenile literature.
Insectes--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Insectes--Expériences--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Insects--Experiments.
Insects.
Insects--Experiments.
Insects.

Other Authors:

Dávila, Claudia.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Entering the inner insect world -- Getting the bug basics -- A bug's got to eat -- Feeding frenzy -- Super-sized insects? -- Sizing them up -- Creatures of the night -- The Insecto-files : amazing bug facts -- Love is in the air -- Love songs -- Love scents -- Eye is for insect -- Hear! Hear! -- Small but mighty -- The Insecto-files : amazing bug facts -- Loco locomotion -- Walking on water? -- The creepy crawlers -- Fly high, fly! -- Up, up, and away! -- Feats of flight -- The Insecto-files : amazing bug facts -- Master builders -- The ants go marching -- Busy bees -- A hive of activity -- Lazy bees? -- Doing the bee dance! -- Inspect an insect -- Science concepts.

Summary:

Introduces the different types of insects and describes how they eat, mate, fly, and communicate, and includes insect-related experiments throughout the book.

ISBN:

1897349475 (pbk.)
9781897349472 (pbk.)
1897349467 (bound)
9781897349465 (bound)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)276644436

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

W7PA017 -- Public Resource Technology Center (Orient Public Lib) (Orient)