Eyewitness Explorers: 04 Insects
Published on 28. May 1992
Book
Hardback
64 pages
978-0-86318-828-2 (ISBN)
Description
Part of the "Eyewitness Explorers" series, this book includes practical information for children aged 7 and above with photographs and illustrations designed to help explain the concepts examined. This particular book is designed to encourage children to investigate the world of insects. The book looks at different types of insects and their habits, with close-up photography of a grasshopper in mid-air. Also included are a number of projects to get children actively involved in exploring the subject - for example how to catch and observe an insect using a pooter, a soil sieve and a pit-fall trap.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Target group
Children/juvenile
Dimensions
Height: 6 mm
Width: 3 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-86318-828-2 (9780863188282)
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Steve Parker
DK Explorers Insects
Book
08/1996
Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd
€26.18
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Person
Steve Parker is a writer, editor, and consultant specializing in general science and life sciences. He graduated with BSc Honours First Class and is a Senior Scientific Fellow of the Zoological Society of London. Steve has written more than 250 books, including The Human Body, Eyewitness Medicine, Eyewitness Human Body and Medicine. He has been shortlisted for prizes ranging from BBC Blue Peter Book of the Year to Times Educational Supplement Information Book of the Year and the Rhone-Poulenc Prize, and won the 2014 BMA Board of Science Award for the Public Understanding of Science, and as of 2018 is a two-time winner of the School Library Information Book award.