Backyard Bugs

by Robin Kittrell Laughlin, Foreword by Sue Hubbell

  • Reading level: Ages 4-8
  • Hardcover - 80 pages
  • Published by Chronicle Books
  • Publication date: July 1996
  • Dimensions (in inches): 0.56 x 6.86 x 6.87
  • ISBN: 0811809072

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Description

Crawling with full-color, larger-than-life photos, Backyard Bugs depicts the amazing bugs we see around us every day in an altogether new light. From common pill bugs to exotic-looking dragonflies, tiny orange mites to green-fanged spiders, Robin Kittrell Laughlin's vivid photos capture the kaleidoscopic colors, fascinating details, and amazing facial expressions of these underappreciated creatures. 50 color photos.

KidSource OnLine Book Review

This book contains incredible photographs that show the bugs in your backyard up close! Pre-reading kids will pour over the stripes on a Blister beetle and notice all the spidery veins in the Red Skimmer Dragonfly's wings. The accompanying text is a lively discussion about the author's experiences with those bugs with the type of details that will keep your reading-age kids laughing!

From the Back Cover

Backyard Bugs will open your eyes to the world of georgeous, amazing creatures who live all around you right in your own backyard. Robin Kittrell Laughlin has captured the charm, character, and color of everyday bugs - from beetles, bees, and butterflies, to rolybugs, spiders, and other wriggling critters. With a witty foreword by best-selling author Sue Hubbell, scientific information, entertaining quotes, and a glossary of terms, Backyard Bugs is sure to capture the imagination of nature lovers, artists, and kids of all ages.

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