The Happy Bee: A Welcome Guest at Your Flower GardenMisunderstood, feared, and taken for granted for far too long, bees are beginning to earn the respect and adoration they deserve. Now, the sighting
A groundbreaking guide to flower flies in North America This is the first comprehensive field guide to the flower flies (also known as hover flies) of northeastern North America. Flower flies are, alo
Your guide to awe-inspiring insects! Come face to face with fascinating bugs in this stunning photographic collection! Whether it’s the beautiful monarch butterfly or the expertly-camoufla
So begins this lyrical tribute to the bugs, bees, and birds that make the garden such a busy place. With each turned page, more visitors appear, and all the while the “surprise”—a chrysalis—changes un
What are bugs? Are all bugs insects? What role do they play in our world? Baby Explorer encourages little ones to explore the world around them, through their five senses of seeing, touching, hearing,
The sweeping scientific and social history of the humble dung beetle In this extensive history of more than 3,000 years, beginning with Ancient Egypt, scientist Marcus Byrne and writer Helen Lunn
In this companion to What's Your Favorite Animal? and What’s Your Favorite Color?, Eric Carle and fourteen other beloved children's book artists illustrate their favorite bugs and explain why they lov
Featuring massive mazes, spider-ific stickers, and fun foldouts, this book is the bee’s knees.Exterminate boredom with the massive mazes, spider-ific stickers, and fun foldouts in the Discoverin
Should a butterfly be big or small? Should it be bright and bold, or perfectly pale? A joyous, imaginative, yet informative non-fiction picture book about what it takes to be a butterfly – body
Claire Preston’s Bee tells the busy story of our long, complex relationship with this industrious, much-admired insect. Moving from ancient political descriptions to Renaissance debates about mo
How can a firefly find the one, among so many? Exquisite photographs and poetic text evoke a sense of mystery and magic.On a summer evening, just as the stars blink on, a firefly lands on a flower. Li
Step inside the butterfly house, where wonderful, winged insects await. Spot the sleepy oranges mud-puddling, the monarchs migrating, or the Amazon swallowtail beating its shimmering wings. With infor
From pollination and social structure to swarming and the nest, The World of Bees helps you get to know these special insects up close! Explore the fascinatingly complex society of bees, where every
How does an awkward caterpillar turn into a graceful butterfly? Find out all about these magical insects and how they survive! Butterflies are among the most admired and beautiful of insects, and th
Observe the ways plants and insects interact in a gentle introduction to growing for budding scientists.What’s that wedged in a crack in the ground, small and hard and wrinkly and brown? A bean seed!
