SERIES MADE SIMPLE

Centipedes Crickets Mantises Scorpions Spiders. illus Worms

by Valerie BODDEN
978-1-58341-992-2.
COPY ISBN
Gr 1—3—Riveting, close-up photos of mantises looking inscrutably at readers and brightly lit centipedes and spiders either in natural settings or cut out and placed on blank backgrounds will draw young audiences to these introductions. The texts have two or three large-type sentences per page, and each volume includes a quick craft as well as a four-item list of print and web resources. The factual information is easily available elsewhere, but both the illustrations and their subjects are high-interest.
Brief texts address basic questions about the title creatures: How big are they? What do they eat? Where do they live? The factual information is useful but incomplete. Extreme close-up photos will leave insect and arachnid fans enthralled. Each book includes a very simple craft or project (e.g., rub a stick over a comb's teeth to replicate crickets' songs). Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Creepy Creatures titles: Centipedes, Crickets, Mantises, and Spiders.
Reviewed by John Peters , Apr 01, 2011

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