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Kali recommends the following books
for reading about Bugs:
By Eric Carle (infants & preschool)
One Sunday a very hungry caterpillar hatched. He eats his way through a variety of foods that are boldly and colorfully illustrated. The story progresses with the caterpillar spinning a cocoon and waking up into a butterfly, illustrating one of nature's common but lovely marvels.
By Anne Capeci (Ages 7-9 Years Old)
When Wanda brings her new ladybugs to school, she just wants Ms. Frizzle to give her some hints on caring for her insect pets. Instead, the whole class gets field trip. They find out pretty quickly that lots of insects eat other insects for lunch. And, there is a little issue of spiders, too. Yikes! It might be disgusting, but Wanda has to admit that the world of insect invaders is amazing.
By Steve Parker (Ages 5-8 years old)
Picture-packed and brimming with activities and investigative projects, Eyewitness Explorers are the ideal companions in the field, school, or home, for youngsters with a natural curiosity about the world around them. These pocket-sized powerhouses offer a unique mixture of full-color, specially commissioned graphics, along with fact-filled text written to be easily understood. What better way to study the nature of Nature than with Eyewitness Explorers?
Some more recommended reading:
Picture books (for all ages)
Mary Bono
Ugh! A Bug
Rhyming text and illustrations present various reactions to encounters with
such bugs as an ant, beetle, and ladybug.
Doreen Cronin
Diary of a Spider
A young spider discovers, day by day, that there is a lot to learn about being
a spider, including how to spin webs and avoid vacuum cleaners.
Jennifer Ward
Over in the Garden
Over in the garden, mother insects and their children enjoy various activities
from morning sun to evening moon.
Audrey Wood
The Napping House
In this cumulative tale, a wakeful flea atop a number of sleeping creatures
causes a commotion, with just one bite.
Beginner Readers (easy reads for ages 5-8 or grades K - 2)
Tedd Arnold
Hi, Fly Guy
When Buzz captures a fly to enter in The Amazing Pet Show, his parents and
the judges tell him that a fly cannot be a pet, but Fly Guy proves them
wrong.
Ruth Horowitz
Big Surprise in the Bug Tank
Two brothers get two giant hissing cockroaches as pets and then must figure
out a way to deal with the resulting population explosion.
Lucille Recht Penner
Monster Bugs [non-fiction]
Describes some of the world's largest insects and spiders, including the
Goliath beetle, praying mantis, tarantula, and giant atlas moth.
Harriet Ziefert
Bugs, Beetles and Butterflies [non-fiction]
Simple, rhymed text and illustrations introduce many different kinds of bugs,
beetles, and butterflies, including the earwig, zebra butterfly, and water
strider.
Short Chapter Books (for ages 8 - 10 or grades 2 - 4)
Avi
The End of the Beginning: Being the Adventures of a Small Snail (And an
Even Smaller Ant)
Avon the snail and Edward, a take-charge ant, set off together on a journey
to an undetermined destination in search of unspecified adventures.
Anne Capeci
Insect Invaders
When Wanda brings her pet ladybugs to school to find out how to take care
of them, Ms. Frizzle takes the opportunity to show the kids the perils of
insect life.
Roald Dahl
James and the Giant Peach
A young boy escapes from two wicked aunts and embarks on a series of
adventures with six giant insects he meets inside a giant peach. A great
classic!
Longer books and novels (for ages 11 -13 or grades 5 - 7)
Lynne Reid Banks
Harry the Poisonous Centipede
When their adventures lead them to explore the biggest and scariest villain
of all, Harry and George realize that they are not brave, only reckless and
foolish.
Cindy Blobaum
Insectigations : 40 Hands-On Activities to Explore the Insect World [nonfiction]
Be a bug scientist! Great information about observing and exploring the
insect world. Simple experiments and activities include how to raise
mealworms or test the colour vision of bees!
Suzanne Collins
Gregor the Overlander
When Gregor and his little sister are pulled into a strange underground world,
they trigger an epic battle involving men, bats, rats, cockroaches, and
spiders.
Dan Greenburg
The Onts
Ten-year-old orphan twins Wally and Cheyenne Shluffmuffin have had it bad
at Cincinnati's Jolly Days Orphanage, but things get much worse when the
Mandible sisters offer to share their home in the Dripping Fang Forest.
E.B. White
Charlotte's Web
Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the
farmer's Christmas dinner
