Non-Fiction

• Bailey, Jill
  Mosquito
  Reed Educational Professional Publishing, 1998
  + 595.72 Bail
  Realistic photos enhance a simple introduction to the physical characteristics, diet, life cycle, predators, habitat and lifespan of mosquitos.
• Bender, Leonard
  Poisonous Insects
  Aladdin Books, 1988
  + 595.7 Ben
  In both photos and drawings, learn about the many insects that cause harm or damage to other animals and to plants. It will tell you where the insects live and what they look like and how they survive.
• Bix, Cynthia Overbeck
  Ants
  Lerner Publications, 1982
  + 595.796 Ove
  Describes the characteristics and behavior of ants that build nests for storing food and raising their young, ants that spend most of the time traveling, and ants that invade the nests of other ants.
• Dussing, Jennifer
  Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!
  Dorling Kindersley, 1998
  + 595.715. Dus
  Learn about the hunting habits of various bugs, including the praying mantis, wood ant and dragonfly.
• Gibbons, Gail
  The Honey Makers
  Harper Collins, 1997
  + 595.7 799 Gib
  Included is the description of the physical structure of the honeybee, how they live in colonies, how they produce honey, and how they are managed by bee keepers.
• Llamas, Andreu
  Fleas : Bloodsucking Parasites
  Gareth Stevens, 1997
  + 595.77 Lla
  Describes the physical characteristics , habitat, behavior, and life cycle of these tiny leaping parasites.
• Kilpatrick Cathy
  Creepy Crawlies Insects and Other Tiny Animals
  Usborne, Publishing, 1982
  + 595.7 Kil
  In the typical Usborne style, with much exquisitely detail illustration , an offering that will draw kids into the text and illustrations.
• Llamas, Andreu
  Spiders : the Great Spinners
  Gareth Stevens Publishing, 1997
  + 595.44 Lla
  Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, behavior and ancestors of spiders.
• Parker, Steve
  Insects, Bugs, and Art Activities
  Crabtree Publishing. 2002
  + 595.7 Par
  Information about various topics related to honeybees, caterpillars, dragonflies, snails and their insects and invertebrates forming the foundation for a variety of craft projects.
• Royston, Angela
  Life Cycle of a Butterfly
  Reed Educations and Professional Publishing, 1998
  + 595.789 Roy
  Realistic photos accompany text which introduces the life a Monarch butterfly from its beginning a tiny seed laid on a milkweed leaf through its metamorphosis from a caterpillar to an adult butterfly.

Fiction

• Cannon, Janell
  Crickwing
  Harcourt Brace, 2000
  E Can
  A lonely cockroach named Crickwing has a creative idea that saves the day for the leaf cutting ants when their fierce enemies attack them.
• Cushman, Doug
  Inspector Hopper
  Harper Collins, 2000
  E Cus
  Inspector Hopper and his perpetually hungry assistant McBugg solve three mysteries for their insect friends.
• Dussling, Jennifer
  Bug Off!
  Putnam and Grosset
  E Dus
  Bugsy, who is delighted in tormenting and destroying bugs, finds out what it is like to be small, helpless and a victim of cruelty.
• Kirk, David
  Miss Spider's Tea Party
  Scholastic, 1994
  E Kir
  Interesting oil paintings, each accompanied by interesting verse, are about an Miss Spider and a host of man other creatures. One of many others about Miss Spider.

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