'How Insects Work' is a very impressive book about insects. It is not just an illustration and a blurb but technical drawings and detailed photographs with thorough (but accessible) information about their interactions and adaptations.

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. This is a really cool book about insects. There’s historical information, interesting information, great pictures and excellent illustrations about insects. Kids will really like this one.

How Insects Work is an adept and beautiful technical examination of insects and the mechanisms they have developed to interact with and survive in their various environments. Released 28th April 2020 by The Experiment, it's 224 pages and available in flexibound and ebook formats.

This isn't a field guide or just a collection of facts. Each of the entries contains isometric drawings and line art showing the engineering concepts and principles behind many of the functional physiological characteristics of different types of insects.

The layout is logical and easy to follow. The introductory chapter covers the ancient insect-like animals, the first arthropods with the family tree of modern day insects including a cool informative chapter on the carboniferous period 359 to 299 million years ago. The fossil arthropods represented include Arthropleura, a millipede that exceeded 7 feet (2m) in length! *Yikes* The following chapters "build up" structurally from the base up: the exoskeleton, movement, nervous system and sensory organs, feeding and digestion, respiratory and circulatory systems, reproduction, and more. Each is thoroughly represented, accurate, and very well illustrated and interesting. The photography and art are clear and beautifully rendered.

This would make a nice choice for all ages, entomology lovers, students of nature and biology, as well as artists and readers interested in technical drawing. Note: no drawing tutorials or instructions are included, but there are numerous well illustrated exploded drawings to study.

Five stars, very impressive.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

Although the pictures in this book are lovely, the book is marred greatly by an unfocused idea of its audience. If you read some of the sidebars, you'd think the book was for an older child. This impression is only reinforced by the pictures and clear diagrams. The chapters in the book and the many pictures give the impression of a book for the general reader. Start reading the main text and it is so full of scientific and specialized terms that it appears to be a "friendly" book for a biologist. If the author had picked on audience and written for it, the book would be much better.

Now this is a great book! In-depth information, history, and multi-layered studies on our insect friends. The illustrations and photographs are beautiful and useful. I would be happy to have this title on my library's shelves.

First off I should explain that I am an entomologist. I think this is an excellent book for two things. Adults that wish to become functionally literate in all the major and some even minor concepts in entomology, and as a textbook for a college introductory entomology class.

The images are fantastic and very informative and I cannot stress this enough...ACCURATE. Do you know how many bad insect images I see in entomology books? A great deal. These are not only beautiful but accurate and informative and stress the concept or organism being presented. I would say this is in no way a kids book but an older kid that's very into insects would enjoy the book.

An excellent and very interesting book, filled with wonderful and even unusual information on all types of insects. I was enthralled, and I can see all ages enjoying this book, children to adults. Definitely ordering it for our library.

Very informative resource. It was revealing to read about insects and to see the reasons behind how they operate and the vital roles they play in the life cycle. Photography was complementary and well done.