Wicked Bugs (Young Readers Edition)
The Meanest, Deadliest, Grossest Bugs on Earth
$31.23
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2017
Summary
Did you know there are zombie bugs that not only eat other bugs but also inhabit and control their bodies? There’s even a wasp that delivers a perfectly-placed sting in a cockroach’s brain and then leads the roach around by its antennae — like a dog on a leash. Scorpions glow in ultraviolet light. Lots of bugs dine on corpses. And if you want to know how much it hurts to get stung by a bullet ant (hint: it really, really hurts), you can consult the Schmidt Sting Pain Index. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781616206994 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1616206993 |
| Author: | Amy Stewart, Briony Morrow-Cribbs |
| Publisher: | Workman Publishing |
| Imprint: | Algonquin Young Readers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2017 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 208mm x 138mm x 14mm |
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What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Amy Stewart’s young readers edition of her New York Times bestseller is at once fascinating, entertaining, informative and horrifying.”
—The Buffalo News
“Horrifyingly informative.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Sure to thrill budding entomologists … This accessible, middle-grade version of Wicked Bugs combines science, anthropology and history with a powerful yuck-factor. It’s sure to be a hit with even the most reluctant readers—just be prepared for some serious goose bumps and skin tingles along the way.”
—Shelf Awareness
“Budding entomologists and kids who marvel in the truly awe-inspiring, sometimes hair-raising, and gross natural world will be in heaven.”
—School Library Journal
“Reluctant readers will be drawn in. The writing is lively and fun … A bug-lover’s delight.”
—San Francisco Book Review
“The organization is tidy and intuitive, the scope is impressive, the entry length is ideal, and the content is itchingly disturbing.”
—The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
About The Author
Amy Stewart
Amy Stewart is the award-winning author of six books on the perils and pleasures of the natural world. She is the cofounder of the popular blog Garden Rant and is a contributing editor at Fine Gardening magazine. She and her husband live in Eureka, California, where they own an antiquarian bookstore called Eureka Books.
Briony Morrow-Cribbs studied art at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver, British Columbia, and currently lives in Brattleboro, Vermont, where she owns and operates Twin Vixen Press.
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