Wicked Bugs (Young Readers Edition)

Wicked Bugs (Young Readers Edition)
Author: Amy Stewart
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2017-08-08
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1616206993

Did you know there are zombie bugs that not only eat other bugs but also inhabit and control their bodies? There’s even a wasp that delivers a perfectly-placed sting in a cockroach’s brain and then leads the roach around by its antennae — like a dog on a leash. Scorpions glow in ultraviolet light. Lots of bugs dine on corpses. And if you want to know how much it hurts to get stung by a bullet ant (hint: it really, really hurts), you can consult the Schmidt Sting Pain Index. It ranks the pain produced by ants and other stinging creatures. How does it work? Dr. Schmidt, the scientist who created it, voluntarily subjected himself to the stings of 150 species. Organized into thematic categories (Everyday Dangers, Unwelcome Invaders, Destructive Pests, and Terrible Threats) and featuring full-color illustrations by Briony Morrow-Cribbs, Wicked Bugs is an educational and creepy-cool guide to the worst of the worst of insects, arachnids, and other arthropods. This is the young readers adaptation of Amy Stewart’s bestselling book for adult readers.

Wicked Bugs (Young Readers Edition)

Wicked Bugs (Young Readers Edition)
Author: Amy Stewart
Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2017-08-08
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1616207701

Did you know there are zombie bugs that not only eat other bugs but also inhabit and control their bodies? There’s even a wasp that delivers a perfectly-placed sting in a cockroach’s brain and then leads the roach around by its antennae — like a dog on a leash. Scorpions glow in ultraviolet light. Lots of bugs dine on corpses. And if you want to know how much it hurts to get stung by a bullet ant (hint: it really, really hurts), you can consult the Schmidt Sting Pain Index. It ranks the pain produced by ants and other stinging creatures. How does it work? Dr. Schmidt, the scientist who created it, voluntarily subjected himself to the stings of 150 species. Organized into thematic categories (Everyday Dangers, Unwelcome Invaders, Destructive Pests, and Terrible Threats) and featuring full-color illustrations by Briony Morrow-Cribbs, Wicked Bugs is an educational and creepy-cool guide to the worst of the worst of insects, arachnids, and other arthropods. This is the young readers adaptation of Amy Stewart’s bestselling book for adult readers.

Bullet Ants Sting!

Bullet Ants Sting!
Author: Melissa Raé Shofner
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2017-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1538212552

Ouch! Bullet ants cause a sting that actually hurts like a gunshot. If that is not scary enough, these feisty ants can live in a colony of 3,000. Full-color photographs show off in vivid detail how these insects live, with maps and other amazing graphics to wow every one of your readers. Readers get to explore the science of why the sting hurts so much and why it lasts for hours.

Little Monsters

Little Monsters
Author: Albert Marrin
Publisher: Puffin Books
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2016-02
Genre: Parasites
ISBN: 0147519136

Discusses parasites that live on or in the human body, including head lice, mites, fleas, and tapeworms.

Wicked Bugs

Wicked Bugs
Author: Amy Stewart
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2011-05-03
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1616200634

In this darkly comical look at the sinister side of our relationship with the natural world, Stewart has tracked down over one hundred of our worst entomological foes—creatures that infest, infect, and generally wreak havoc on human affairs. From the world’s most painful hornet, to the flies that transmit deadly diseases, to millipedes that stop traffic, to the “bookworms” that devour libraries, to the Japanese beetles munching on your roses, Wicked Bugs delves into the extraordinary powers of six- and eight-legged creatures. With wit, style, and exacting research, Stewart has uncovered the most terrifying and titillating stories of bugs gone wild. It’s an A to Z of insect enemies, interspersed with sections that explore bugs with kinky sex lives (“She’s Just Not That Into You”), creatures lurking in the cupboard (“Fear No Weevil”), insects eating your tomatoes (“Gardener’s Dirty Dozen”), and phobias that feed our (sometimes) irrational responses to bugs (“Have No Fear”). Intricate and strangely beautiful etchings and drawings by Briony Morrow-Cribbs capture diabolical bugs of all shapes and sizes in this mixture of history, science, murder, and intrigue that begins—but doesn’t end—in your own backyard.

Reading Comprehension

Reading Comprehension
Author: Kathryn I. Matthew
Publisher:
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2003
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Librarians, inservice teachers, and preservice teachers will discover that Reading Comprehension: Books and Strategies for the Elementary Curriculum provides easy access to a variety of reading comprehension strategies framed in the context of their curriculum content. By including current children's literature on a variety of topics, this book also serves to introduce librarians and teachers to trade books for enhancing their content area curriculum.