Cannon, Janell
Crickwing
Harcourt, Brace ,2000
E Can
A lonely cockroach name Crickwing has a creative idea that saves the day for the leaf cutting ants when their forest enemies attack them.

Cushman, Ddoug
Inspector Hopper
Harper Trophy, 2000
E Cus
Inspector Hopper and his continually hungry McBugg solve three mystery for their insect friends. An early chapter book.

Chrustowski, Rick
Bright Beetle
Henry Holt, 2000
E Chr
Follows the life cycle of the small insects known as ladybugs, from egg through larva and pupa stages to fully developed adults. Illustrated by the author, who is a River Falls resident.

Dobkin, Bonnie
The Great Bug Hunt
Children’s Press, 1993
E Dob
Children set out to look for insects and they find all kinds.

Gackenbach, Dick
Little Bug
Houghton Mifflin, 1981
E Gac
He fears keep a little bug in his dark and dreary hole until a mysterious voice convinces him that the beauties for the world are worth a few risks.

Horowitz, Ruth
Breakout at the Bug Lab
Dial Books, 2001
E Hor
When a giant cockroach name Max escapes from their mother’s bug laboratory, Leo and his brother receive help from a mysterious strange who advises them to think like a bug in order to recapture the runaway roach.

Kirk, David
Little Miss Spider

Sunny Patch School
Scholastic Press, 2000
E Kir
On her first day at school, Little Miss Spider worries that she cannot do what the other can, but she learns that she has a special quality all her own.

Miss Spider’s Tea Party
Scholastic, 1994
E Kir
When lonely Miss Spider tries to host a tea party, the other bugs refuse to come for fear of being eaten.

Miss Spider’s Wedding
Scholastic, 1995
E Kir
Miss Spider probes that her heart knows best when it comes to choosing a husband.

McDonald, Megan
Insects Are My Life
Orchard Books, 1995
E McD
No one at home or at school understands Amanda Frankenstein’s love and obsession with insects and bugs until she meets Maggie.

Ross, Michael
Spiderology
Carolrhoda, 2000
+ 595.44 Ros
Describes the physical characteristics and habits of spiders and provides instructions for finding, collecting and keeping spiders.

Kilpatrick, Cathy
Creepy Crawlies Insects and Other Tiny Animals
Unborne Publishing Ltd. , 1982
+ 595.7 Kil
Detailed information with fine drawings offer a wealth of information in just 23 pages. Includes an index, picture puzzle, and the opportunity for kids to search for a tiny ladybug on several of the pages.

Parker, Nancy Winslow
Bugs
Greenwillow Books, 1987
+ 595.7 Par
Full of lots of general information, jokes, and brief descriptions of the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of a variety of common insects.

Parker, Steve
Insects
Dorling Kindersley,1992
+ 595.7
Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and metamorphosis of insects and examines kinds of garden insects, woodland insects, insects in the home and other places.

Ross, Michaelsohn
Cricketology
Carolrhoda Books, Inc.
+ 595.726 Ros
Provides instruction for finding, collecting and keeping crickets and suggest how to delve into the secret lives of theses chirping neighbors.

Johnson, Sylvia A.
Beetles
Lerner, 1982
+ 595.76 Joh
Introduces members of the beetle family. Discussing their development, environment and life cycle.

Bernard, Emery
Ladybug
Holiday House,1992
+ 595.769 Ber
Text and pictures introduce the familiar ladybug, consumer of aphids and scale insects and said to be the carrier of good luck.

Fleischman, Paul
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two voices
Harper and Row
+ 811.54 Fle
A collection of poems describing the characteristics and activities of a variety of insects.

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