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Book SynopsisCan you imagine a world without bees? Did you know that dung beetles are awesome recyclers? Insects pollinate, recycle and are an important food source for many animals – they’re tiny but mighty superheroes of the animal kingdom. This is an anthology of children’s poems which will educate and excite youngsters about the fascinating world of insects. With factual notes alongside the poems, and black line illustrations.
Table of ContentsQuestions for an entomologist by Myles McLeod; Insect Hotel by Kate O’Neil; Cabbage white by Becky Kleanthous; I by Becky Kleanthous; Moth by Elli Woollard; Not cricket by Elli Woollard; Termite by Elli Woollard; Ask a katydid by Celia Berrell; Rockin’ Bug Band by Diana Murray; True bugs are suckers by Celia Berrell; Life cycle by Susan Byrne; Fritillary by Stephen Bone; When a ladybird gets scared by Joanne Lloyd; Beetle Soup by Christy Mihaly; Dragonfly by Anita John; Picture a Beetle by Karen Horsley; Hercules the Beetle by Joanne Lloyd; Beetle Incantation by Lydia Syson; Song of the Dung Beetle by Elli Woollard; Our Planet by Susan Byrne; Name-calling by Elizabeth F. Hill; Unlikely Flight by Lydia Syson; The Coleoptera Ceilidh by Jane MacKenzie; Archie by Anneliese Emmans Dean; Pyrophorus noctilucus by Kate O’Neil; How to Be a Master Survivor (aka Cockroach) by Sharon Dalgleish; I am considering ants by M. V. Williams; Café Six by Kate O’Neil; Aerial Gymnast in the Clothes of a Clown by Robert Ensor; Yoga for Insects by Myles McLeod; Pond Dipping by Ros Woolner; Dazzling Dragonflies by Nina Hoole; Episyrphus balteatus by John Kitchen; Waggle Dance Navigation by Maureen Anderson; Shield Bug by Imogen Forster; Luna Moth by Christy Mihaly; The Change by Anneliese Emmans Dean; High Brown Fritillary by Rebecca Gethin; Flesh-fly by Anneliese Emmans Dean; How to recognise insects by Maureen Anderson; A pest’s request by Gabrielle Turner; Ruins by Richard Westcott; The Pond Skater Swagger by Helen Clare; Mayfly May by Chrissie Gittins; The Mayfly by Jane Mackenzie Can a Beetle Fly? by Karen Horsley; Interview with an entomologist; Write your own poem; Insect project ideas.
