Insects as part of the natural world
The book presents insects as valuable, including insects that eat plant-damaging insects and insects that light up summer nights.
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Kathy Ross - Author
A hands-on introduction to insects, pairing factual glimpses—such as helpful insect relationships and glowing summer insects—with 22 inexpensive craft activities. It may suit a child interested in making and exploring the natural world.
Insects are everywhere - crawling in the grass, hiding under rocks, or flying through the air at 35 miles per hour. But even if insects make you squirm, they are a valuable part of our Earth. Some insects eat other insects that damage plants. Others light up summer nights. With this latest book in Kathy Ross's Crafts for Kids Who are Learning About series, you'll find out more about insects while making 22 low-cost or no-cost projects. So come discover a world filled with creeping cockroaches, buzzing bees, and fluttering butterflies!
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA hands-on introduction to insects, pairing factual glimpses—such as helpful insect relationships and glowing summer insects—with 22 inexpensive craft activities. It may suit a child interested in making and exploring the natural world.
The book presents insects as valuable, including insects that eat plant-damaging insects and insects that light up summer nights.
Readers are invited to learn more about insects while completing 22 low-cost or no-cost projects.
Some children may react strongly to references to creeping cockroaches or to insects generally making them “squirm”.
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