Buzz: A Family Guide to Bugs and How to Spot Them

Gr 2-6–Exploring 15 insect adaptations, such as coloring, vocalization, and flight, and highlighting a specific well-known insect “hero” that exemplifies that adaptation, like the Monarch butterfly, this book is full of engaging and interesting bug ­factoids. Readers will learn how grasshoppers make their sounds and that honeybees have their own Egyptian ­hieroglyphic. Each bug adaptation has four pages, two committed to the “hero” and two for ­additional facts that display related ­adaptations on different ­insects. There are many insect books in the world, but this title is elevated with beautifully detailed watercolor and gouache ­illustrations. The layout is mostly composed of captioned illustrations with appealing spreads, and bold font is ­advantageously used to show emphasis and draw attention to key ­details. A glossary and extended ­reading list is included. ­