Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR In the world in which we live, bugs usually get a bad rap! People fear them, don’t understand them and, well, tend to run from them. But one read through a book like Bugs by the Numbers and people may start to turn a new leaf. This book piqued my interest [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Insects'
Bugs by the Numbers
August 12th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Tags:Cockroaches·Early Elementary·Fleas·Insects·Jacqueline Bodnar·Mosquitoes·Preschoolers·Sarah Forss·Sharon Werner
Flying Free
July 20th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER KALI I absolutely love this book, and so does my daughter. It’s told from the perspective of a firefly that is captured by a little girl. The girl wants to keep the firefly in a jar by her bedside to serve as a nightlight so that she won’t be scared at night. Her two moms [...]
Tags:Animals in Captivity·Fireflies·Good for Toddlers·Insects·Jennifer Kali·Preschoolers·Two-Mom Families
Give Us a Chance
December 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By ROBYN MOORE In Give Us a Chance, author Jane Mann introduces us to those creatures “we love to hate or may not yet appreciate.” It’s a short book of 26 rhyming poems intended to provide some understanding of the animals who often get a bad rap—such as pigeons, magpies, spiders, toads, ants, and [...]
Tags:Ants·Birds·Early Elementary·Insects·Jane Mann·Magpies·Older Elementary·Pigeons·Rats·Respect for Nature·Robyn Moore·Spiders
What If There Were No Bees?
November 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN This bug’s eye view of life as a grasslands honeybee illustrates the paramount role they play in an ecosystem, as pollinators of wildflowers and crops and sources of food for creatures higher up in the food chain. As many Vegbooks readers may know, there has been a significant decline in [...]
Tags:Bees·Carolyn M. Mullin·Early Elementary·Ecosystems·Food Choices·Honey·Humane·Insects·Preschoolers·Suzanna Slade
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