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Insects (Kingfisher Young Knowledge)

Insects (Kingfisher Young Knowledge)
By Barbara Taylor

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Insects are the most successful animals on Earth and KFYK: Insects introduces readers to the tiny creatures that fly, scuttle, and lurk in the world around us. Stick insects are masters of disguise, wasps can sting, and ants even have a social structure in which they have different jobs to do. Be amazed at the incredible variety of insect life that lives all around us.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #1055880 in Books
  • Published on: 2006-04-19
  • Released on: 2006-04-19
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 48 pages

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Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover
The creepy crawlies we all know--and some we don't. We explore the amazing world of the insect, in alarming close-up.

About the Author

Barbara Taylor is the author of more than a hundred informational books for children. Barbara has won numerous awards, including the American Association of Physics Science Writing Award and the Geographical Association Gold Award.

Customer Reviews

A close look at animals through beautiful color photos5
Insects is part of a new series for the very young which takes a close look at animals through beautiful color photos and close-ups. Insects gets right down to the feet, claws, and mouths of tarantulas, beetles, and many insects, with an easy 'I am a...' introduction to each providing quick facts in an understandable format.

Confusing for the parent!2
The illustrations in this book are out of this world beautiful! Unfortunately, the book is not well-organized and many of the insects are not named. It talks about, say, body parts of the insect and there is a picture of a particular bug. My son asks me, "What's that?" There is no quick and easy way to tell. So I scan the page to try to figure it out. Usually, I do eventually as the text briefly mentions, "Like this such-and-such". But some pictures are not named at all. I ultimately gave up on this one after my son lost interest as a result of too many, "Mmmm... I am not sure... let's see... I think it's a beetle!"

great info4
Insects by Barbara Taylor is a complete science lesson on insects compiled into one book. Topics included in the book are What is an insect?, types of insects, the life cycle of an insects and much more. This book will teach children lots of great information about insects.


I like the hands on projects that were in the back of the book. These would make great projects to share with friends.


I would recommend this book for kids ages 5-9. I feel that mostly boys will enjoy this book. They seem to be more into insects than girls most of the time.