One Million Insects
Published on 29. July 2021
Book
Hardback
64 pages
978-1-913519-02-5 (ISBN)
Description
'A fascinating welcome to the wonderful world of insects' - LoveReading4Kids
'Fun, inspiring, and well researched.' - Kirkus Reviews, starred review
A beautifully illustrated tour of some of the world's most fascinating insects, perfect for readers 8+.
Did you know that without insects, humankind could not survive? This illustrated, fact-filled title explores the huge variety of insects, with a focus on what makes an insect an insect, the differences between the groups, and why insects are the most important animal group on Earth.
Broken down into sections exploring each of the main types of insect, each section takes a different, playfully visual approach to really capture the character of the insects in the order being explored. As well as including practical advice for observing insects safely, a section at the back of the book describes ways to help insects and encourage them into a garden no matter how small.
'Fun, inspiring, and well researched.' - Kirkus Reviews, starred review
A beautifully illustrated tour of some of the world's most fascinating insects, perfect for readers 8+.
Did you know that without insects, humankind could not survive? This illustrated, fact-filled title explores the huge variety of insects, with a focus on what makes an insect an insect, the differences between the groups, and why insects are the most important animal group on Earth.
Broken down into sections exploring each of the main types of insect, each section takes a different, playfully visual approach to really capture the character of the insects in the order being explored. As well as including practical advice for observing insects safely, a section at the back of the book describes ways to help insects and encourage them into a garden no matter how small.
Reviews / Votes
'A fascinating welcome to the wonderful world of insects' * LoveReading4Kids * 'Fun, inspiring, and well researched' * Kirkus Reviews *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hachette Children's Group
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 7 years
Product notice
Trade binding
Illustrations
clr illus
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 286 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
550 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-913519-02-5 (9781913519025)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Isabel Thomas
One Million Insects
E-Book
07/2021
1st Edition
Welbeck Children's Books
€3.99
Available for download
Persons
Isabel Thomas (Author)
Isabel Thomas studied Human Sciences at the University of Oxford. She is a science writer and children's author who has been shortlisted for the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, the ASE Science Book of the Year, and the Blue Peter Book Awards. Isabel also writes for children's science magazines Whizz Pop Bang and The Week Junior Science + Nature, and for science outreach projects. She is a primary school governor and parent of three young sons.
Lou Baker Smith (Illustrator)
Lou Baker Smith is a freelance illustrator and designer, working in book publishing and packaging design. Her work is diverse in subject matter and technique, the common thread that runs through it is a love of colour, textures and layers.
Isabel Thomas studied Human Sciences at the University of Oxford. She is a science writer and children's author who has been shortlisted for the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, the ASE Science Book of the Year, and the Blue Peter Book Awards. Isabel also writes for children's science magazines Whizz Pop Bang and The Week Junior Science + Nature, and for science outreach projects. She is a primary school governor and parent of three young sons.
Lou Baker Smith (Illustrator)
Lou Baker Smith is a freelance illustrator and designer, working in book publishing and packaging design. Her work is diverse in subject matter and technique, the common thread that runs through it is a love of colour, textures and layers.
Content
Is it an insect? * Insect biodiversity * Webspinners, zorapterans (small) and stoneflies * Rockcrawlers and heelwalkers * Grasshoppers, crickets and bush crickets * Cockroaches, earwigs * Termites * Mantids * Stick insects and leaf insects * Beetles * True flies * Scorpionflies and fleas * Butterflies * Moths * Caddisflies * Ants * Bees * Wasps * Alderflies, lacewings and snakeflies, stylops * Booklice, barklice and sucking/biting lice * Thrips * True bugs * Mayflies * Dragonflies and damselflies * Bristletails, silverfish and firebrats * One million more?