SuitabookBugs and bugsicles
Amy Hansen
- Reading
- Read it as a comparison of survival strategies. Pause after each insect to identify where it goes, what happens during winter, and how the spring return or continuation is described.
- Themes
- Seasonal survival: The book explains that insects disappear in autumn and return in spring, then gives different examples of how they endure the cold. The variety invites comparison rather than presenting one response as the only successful approach.
- Life, death and continuation: The dragonfly dies while its young remain safe, and the caterpillar freezes before thawing. These events are included as biological information; the emotional or evaluative treatment is unclear.
- Worth knowing
- The wording includes death and bodily freezing: the dragonfly dies while its young remain safe, and the Arctic woolly bear caterpillar freezes solid. A child may want to discuss what “survival” means here.