One million insects

One million insects

Isabel Thomas, 1979-

Book - 2021

Did you know that without insects, humankind could not survive? This illustrated, fact-filled title explores the huge variety of insects, with a focus on what makes an insect an insect, the differences between the groups, and why insects are the most important animal group on Earth. Broken down into sections exploring each of the main types of insect, each section takes a different, playfully visual approach to really capture the character of the insects in the order being explored. For example, on the dragonflies and damselflies spread, dragonflies are ferociously dive-bombing the very text itself, while damselflies sit serenely. Includes practical advice for observing insects safely and ways to encourage insects into a garden no matter ho...w small.

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Subjects
Insects > Juvenile literature.
Insects > Pictorial works > Juvenile literature.
Instructional and educational works.
Illustrated works.
Genres
Instructional and educational works
Illustrated works
Published
London : Welbeck Publishing Group 2021.
2021.
Language
English
Main Author
Isabel Thomas, 1979- (author)
Other Authors
Lou Baker Smith (illustrator)
Item Description
Includes index
Physical Description
64 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN
9781913519025
9781913519452
  • Welcome to Planet Insect!
  • Is it an insect?
  • Dazzling diversity
  • True bugs
  • Lice and thrips
  • Earwigs, web spinners, and angel insects
  • Stone flies, rock crawlers, and heelwalkers
  • Grasshoppers, locusts, crickets, and katydids
  • Cockroaches, termites, and mantises
  • Stick insects and leaf insects
  • Beetles
  • Flies
  • Fleas, stylops, and scorpion flies
  • Butterflies and moths
  • Caddis flies, alderflies, lacewings, and snake flies
  • Wasps, bees, and ants
  • Bristletails and silverfish
  • Mayflies, dragonflies, and damselflies
  • Millions more.
Review by Kirkus Book Review

Nineteen chapters illustrated with colorful, mixed-media art use scientific classification to deliver facts about insects "creeping, crawling, fluttering, and scuttling in every corner of the world." The above verbs are in the introduction: a stark white, double-page spread that sports scores of highly varied insects illustrating those actions. The text boldly asserts that insects are both the most successful and the most important animals on Earth, with necessary contributions to nearly every ecosystem. The next chapter's paragraphs clearly distinguish insects from other animals, including a sidebar explaining why such creatures as spiders and pill bugs are not insects. After another chapter discusses diversity within the insect class, each of the remaining chapters is devoted to facts about a few different insects found within one order. The short paragraphs have intriguing subheadings: "Bugs we eat"; "Life in a bee's bottom"; "Living glue guns." The writing style and curated content hold plenty of interest, making the abundant exclamation points unnecessary. Labeled art that is both stylized and anatomically correct--and that even has a somewhat humorous appeal--complements the conversational text. Excellent organization of material includes ample introduction to Linnaean classification in both text and glossary (under "order (scientific)"), allowing for easy browsing. The text includes reasons for endangerment when necessary and suggestions for helping. Kudos for explaining monarch and painted lady butterflies' generational migrations as akin to a relay race. Fun, inspiring, and well researched. (Nonfiction. 8-11) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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