Insects: Biggest! Littlest! - Softcover

Markle, Sandra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1590788729 ISBN 13: 9781590788721

Publisher: Boyds Mills Press, 2011

Synopsis

Here are twenty-one sex-legged wonders from around the world—from the 22-inch-long Giant Stick Insect of Borneo to North America's Western Pygmy Blue Butterfly, with a wingspan of just a half inch. Huge mandibles, tiny bumps, and other amazing adaptations—big and little—enable each kind of insect to find food, avoid enemies, or fight for mates. Sandra Markle and Simon Pollard follow their successful Spiders: Biggest! Littlest! with a new feast for young scientific minds. The simple text and captivating full-color photographs offer new insights into the amazing survival skills of the world's most fascinating creatures.

About this title

About the Author

Sandra Markle has written more than seventy nonfiction books about science for children. She has won more than thirty awards for her work. In addition to her books, Ms. Markle has developed science specials for television as well as Internet-based educational programs. She lives in New Zealand.

Dr. Simon Pollard is a biologist, natural history writer, and photographer. He is Curator of Invertebrate Zoology at Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Edition details

• Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1590788729
• ISBN 13: 9781590788721
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32