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This comprehensive introduction to creepy crawlies covers insects, spiders, centipedes, snails, slugs and worms. It has information on predators and prey, camouflage, parasites and the defensive weapons insects have. Details about habitat and lifestyle should help children identify the creepy crawlies they find, indoors and out, in the city or the country. There is a scorecard at the back of the book for recording findings. The book examines familiar insects and rarer species, and the colourful...

There are bugs everywhere! Some of them live in jungles, some of them underwater, and some certainly live in your house.There are Bugs Everywhere is the second in a series of non-fiction books from Britta Teckentrup. Young readers will learn where in the world all sorts of animals can be found and all the weird and wonderful things about them that they never imagined were true. This is non-fiction with spark and personality from a much-loved illustrator.

Darting dragonflies, glittering beetles, buzzing bees, marching ants and lots of other amazing colour photographs teach young children to recognize different bugs and identify some of their body parts, habitats and life cycles.

Perfect for young children studying living things and their habitats in their science lessons, or for young minibeast fans, this book explores the importance of pollinating insects. Pollinating insects allow countless wild and cultivated plants to make fruit and seeds. Bees, of course, are featured, but also wasps, the tiny flies that pollinate the cacao tree flowers, hoverflies, beetles, butterflies and more. Alongside the simple text, fantastic close-up photographs show the insects at work.The...

Explore the wonderful world of centipedes and millipedes!Everybody loves beautiful bees and butterflies, but what about kids who like more mucky creatures - the ones that live down in the dirt or eat their own poo? These minibeasts are just as deserving of attention. This beautifully illustrated title will explore the wonderful world of centipedes and millipedes.Living down in the dark, damp places, find out the similarities and differences between these two creatures. How many legs do the...

Kids will explore discover beautiful winged creatures with this butterfly sticker book. From cocoon to complete butterfly, nature and insect lovers will have a blast learning about their life cycles. Each Ultimate Sticker Book presents an array of colorful, photographic stickers of baby animals or dinosaurs, the US Presidents or the night sky–there's something for everyone. Young children will love working with these durable, reusable stickers, and they can have fun using the stickers to make p...

Welcome to the butterfly house! Build a butterfly and uncover the inner workings of the world's most beautiful insect. Learn about their life cycle, how they find food, where they live, and how far they travel. Encourages imaginative play with a step-by-step model to build, and simple facts to learn, ideal for young naturalists.

Welcome to Bug Camp, where every day is full of crawly, fascinating adventure! Grab your nets, because catching crickets and butterflies is just the beginning. Every summer, entomologists around the world offer bug camps to kids, hoping to share the wonders of insects with the next generation of explorers and creative thinkers. Now, biologists Tim Forrest and Jen Hamel bring their decades of bug camp experience to a book filled with games, experiments, cool facts, stories, and good, old-fashion...

One in a series of humorous books about disgusting creatures, The Slug is a look at the land slug. It covers such topics as the slug's two pairs of tentacles, one pair for seeing, one pair for smelling (it can see you're a kid and smell like broccoli), its breathing hole (on the side of its head!), and its pretty gross mucous covering (in order to find a partner, the slug can follow another slug's mucous trail. True love!). Although silly and off-the-wall, The Slug contains factual information t...

Big Book of Bugs—the up-close and personal book for young entomologists and all curious kids who are fascinated with bugs. Look right into a spider's eye and get tangled in its web! Marvel at the stunning pictures of teeny tiny creepy crawlies blown up to extraordinary sizes. Engaging annotations provide buggy facts and figures. Larger than life photographs of these bugs include locusts, caterpillars, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, ants, praying mantises, and more!

The dramatic lives and conflicts of the world's strangest creatures are shown in 1500 amazing close-up photographs. It is a fascinating guide to the hidden world of snakes, crocodiles, alligators, lizards, turtles, spiders, beetles, bugs, butterflies, moths, bees and ants. More than 1500 fabulous wildlife photographs and illustrations provide a stunning close-up view of survival in the wild. Exciting and accessible information provides an insight into every aspect of reptile and insect life. 'Di...

These creepy-crawlies are great fun but luckily they don’t bite! Sticker books are a fun and easy way to learn to read or create your own stories with the easy-peel stickers that can be used again and again.