The Beetle Book

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brilliant beetle book for kids submitted by gelaadl on July 20, 2013, 8:36am This one grabbed me from the start: "Line up every kind of plant and animal on Earth... and one of four will be a beetle." An amazing array of beetles follows, from common to exotic, from the very small to the very large. The book is beautifully illustrated in the Jenkins' trademark style, and he describes characteristics and concepts without being presumptuous (e.g., beetle morphology is covered in detail without burdening the reader with technical terms). The author covers virtually all aspects of beetle ecology, with many amazing examples of how beetles have capitalized on their surroundings to be become the most diverse group of animals on the planet. The Beetle Book is perfect for any young person (or adult) interested in insects or the natural world in general. [The book contains one slightly horrifying error - somehow a cockroach sneaked in!]

Amazing illustrations and accurate info submitted by SaraP on July 20, 2018, 9:41pm This book was an one of our early grader's favorites when he was still into reading picture books. And we adults loved reading and looking at it with him, too. It's crisp, bright illustrations on generally white backgrounds are super engaging and all the little facts and captions are perfect bight-sized bits of education - we ALL learned things from this book. Our son particularly loved the pages comparing beetle sizes with sized-to-scale illustrations and biggest, weirdest, etc. type designations. A great read that kids can pour over again and again!

Beautiful and fascinating submitted by FordAlpha on August 17, 2020, 9:27pm As usual, Steve Jenkins beautifully depicts a slice of the diversity of life on Earth! This book can inform and delight at multiple levels, from a young child simply enjoying the illustrations to an adult (like me) diving into the fascinating facts about a group of animals that we often don't think about.