Creepy Backyard Invaders

Creepy Backyard Invaders
Author: Ruth Owen
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1617721255

Describes backyard insects, from aphids and ants to predatory spiders and woodlice.¬

Creepy Backyard Invaders

Creepy Backyard Invaders
Author: Ruth Owen
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1617721700

From sap-sucking aphids and aggressive ants, to predatory spiders and roly-poly woodlice, our backyards and gardens are homes to millions of creatures that hunt, raise their young, help fertilize plants, and even wage war among themselves! Filled with fascinating facts, Creepy Backyard Invaders takes young readers on a voyage that will transport them to a secret garden teeming with an astounding variety of tiny creatures. Combining vivid, full-color microscope images and a controlled text that contains a wealth of information, Creepy Backyard Invaders is guaranteed to get young readers digging around to learn more about the world-within-a-world that lies just outside our doorsteps.

Icky House Invaders

Icky House Invaders
Author: Ruth Owen
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1617721735

From fabric-munching moth caterpillars and hungry houseflies to fur-dwelling fleas and biting bedbugs, our houses are homes to thousands of creatures that feed on our clothes, our food and garbage, our pets, and even human blood! Filled with fascinating facts, Icky House Invaders takes young readers on a voyage that will open their eyes to the tiniest, most unwelcome houseguests imaginable. Combining vivid, full-color electron microscope images and a controlled text that contains a wealth of information, Icky House Invaders is guaranteed to get young readers buzzing about the wonders of a world that exists right before our eyes—and just beyond our sight.

Disgusting Food Invaders

Disgusting Food Invaders
Author: Ruth Owen
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1617721263

Reveals the human body as a habitat for an array of organisms that are both helpful and harmful.

Invader Zim Vol. 3

Invader Zim Vol. 3
Author: Jhonen Vasquez
Publisher: Oni Press
Total Pages: 139
Release: 2016-12-14
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1620103737

There's a whole lot of invading going on in the third volume of the critically acclaimed comic series based on the hit TV Show, Invader ZIM! Pet dander invades Dib's auto-immune system! Some other aliens invade earth and kidnap Dib for some reason! And Gaz invades Bloaty's Pizza Hog for a chance at the coveted Bloaty's Pizza Shorts! But the most important invasion will be this comic... invading your heart. Dawwwww.

Gross Body Invaders

Gross Body Invaders
Author: Ruth Owen
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1617721727

From infestations of fleas and head lice to malaria-spreading mosquitoes and bacteria, a multitude of creatures live, eat, reproduce, and fulfill their life cycles...all on and inside our bodies! Filled with fascinating facts, Gross Body Invaders takes young readers on a voyage that will reveal our own bodies as habitats for a shocking array of organisms that both help and hurt us every day of our lives. Combining vivid, full-color microscope images and a controlled text, Gross Body Invaders is guaranteed to get young readers squirming to find out more about the world that is feeding and breeding within the dark, microscopic spaces of our bodies. Kids will also learn ways that they can get rid of harmful body invaders and treat the conditions that they cause.

101 Great, Ready-to-Use Book Lists for Children

101 Great, Ready-to-Use Book Lists for Children
Author: Nancy J. Keane
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2012-04-13
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1610690842

Created in consultation with teachers and public librarians, this fantastic collection of 101 ready-to-use book lists provides invaluable help for any educator who plans activities for children that involve using literature. Nancy J. Keane is the author of the award-winning website Booktalks—Quick and Simple (nancykeane.com/booktalks), as well as the creator of the open collaboration wiki ATN Book Lists. With 101 Great, Ready-to-Use Book Lists for Children, she provides another indispensable resource for librarians and teachers. The lists in this book are the result of careful consultation with teachers and public librarians, and from discussions on professional email lists. These indispensable reading lists can be used in many ways—for example, as handouts to teachers as suggested reading, to create book displays, or as display posters in the library. This collection will help educators support the extended reading demands of today's children.

Bedbugs

Bedbugs
Author: Margaret Mincks
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Bedbugs
ISBN: 9780716697985

Through dynamic infographics, charts, up-close photos and strong reading level control, this title explores the lives of bedbugs, the creepy parasites that might be living near you.

Beware the Ninja Weenies

Beware the Ninja Weenies
Author: David Lubar
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2013-06-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780765368799

Thirty-three stories about stranded aliens, a horrifying cheesemaker, a boy with the power to make stars vanish, and other frightening things. Includes notes on how the author got his ideas for these stories.

Ticks

Ticks
Author: Margaret Mincks
Publisher: Black Rabbit Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-08-02
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781644661413

Through dynamic infographics, charts, up-close photos, and strong reading level control, this title explores the lives of ticks the creepy parasites that might be living near you. Tiny critters in your hair. Wiggling worms in your gut. Grossed out yet? Awful, Disgusting Parasites will have readers examining these nasty organisms, including where they thrive and how they impact people. Great books for hitting Next Gen Science standards. With diagrams, "fun" facts, and other infographics, readers won't be able to look away from these hi/lo books.