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Book

Insects by the numbers : a book of infographics

Call Number

  • J 595.7 JENK (CEN, OSH)

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Publication Information

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020]

Physical Description

37 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm

Audience

Grades 1-4.

Summary

Through infographics and illustrations readers will learn about the sometimes gross and absolutely always fascinating world of insects. With astounding numbers, facts, and figures, discover some of the most astonishing aspects of the animals that outnumber us humans on the planet: bugs!

Notes

"A Book of Infographics."

Contents

  • What is an insect?
  • How many insects?
  • Insects large and small
  • Meet the beetles
  • Insect flight --- Jumpers
  • Ouch!
  • Deadly insects
  • The insect life cycle
  • Insect lifespans
  • Insect vision
  • Glowing insects
  • Noisy insects
  • Insect ears
  • Insect builders
  • Finding home
  • Mosquito senses
  • Insect migration
  • Insect extremes.

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