How to Build an Insect

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Pub Date Apr 06 2021 | Archive Date Mar 31 2021
Lerner Publishing Group | Millbrook Press ™

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Description

See what the buzz is about in this fresh, fun look at insect anatomy.

Let's build an insect! In the pages of this book, you’ll find a workshop filled with everything you need, including a head, a thorax, an abdomen, and much more. Written by entomologist Roberta Gibson and accompanied by delightfully detailed illustrations by Anne Lambelet, this wonderfully original take on insect anatomy will spark curiosity and engage even those who didn't think they liked creepy, crawly things!

See what the buzz is about in this fresh, fun look at insect anatomy.

Let's build an insect! In the pages of this book, you’ll find a workshop filled with everything you need, including a head...


Advance Praise

"Gibson and Lambelet provide a fun, instructional easy reader text and a science project for children. . . . A must-buy for elementary school and public libraries."—starred, School Library Journal

"Distinctive and fun."—Kirkus Reviews

"Gibson and Lambelet provide a fun, instructional easy reader text and a science project for children. . . . A must-buy for elementary school and public libraries."—starred, School Library Journal

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Available Editions

EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9781541578111
PRICE $19.99 (USD)
PAGES 32

Average rating from 31 members


Featured Reviews

Loved everything about this book! This is for sure something i would have in my classroom and in my personal library. Very well put together and could easily be used as a lesson plan across all subjects.

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This is a very well designed, informative book about insects, focusing on introducing an insect’s body parts. A hands-on activity at the end of the book encourages readers to build their own insect. This book is a wonderful introduction to learning about insects.

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This is such a cool science picture book! It gives tons of information about insects in a really fun way. There are instructions and a materials list in the back of the book so you can build your own insect as you read. Each page turn has you add a new body part. The illustrations are beautiful and full of detail. The end of the book has even more information about each body part and a glossary of definitions for the body part names. Even if you do not build your own insect, the book is a delight to read and would be an awesome homeschool resource.

Thank you to NetGalley and Millbrook Press for access to this arc.

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This book was absolutely beautiful! The illustrations are gorgeous.

This book goes through the different defining features of insects through the guise of creating your own insect. It is informative, fun and engaging.

It would be very easy to use this books as starting point, not just for scientific discussion, but also as a starting point for a creative project. As a teacher, I can see so many possible uses for this book.

I absolutely LOVED it, and cannot wait to use it with my class.

ARC kindly received from NetGalley and Milbrook Press in exchange for an honest review.

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Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC copy of this book.
This is a very cool science picture book. It provides the reader an entertaining and engaging way to learn insects' body parts like eyes, spiracles, and abdomen. The illustrations in this book are very colorful. The STEAM activity at the end of the book was very creative and engaging. This book can be used in a classroom to teach young children about insects and their body parts in a fun way. We would love to read more books by this author.

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This book has a lot of great information about what makes up a bug told in a fantastic way! My five year old loved it, and loved trying to answer the questions that so easily flowed from the narrative of the book. Fantastic book, especially for those of us who have littles that are obsessed with anything that creeps, crawls, and/or flies!

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This book is an excellent introduction to the body parts of an insect for pre-schoolers and Pre-K. It describes what each part is used for. It does a good good of compare and contrast with other creatures (people, lobsters!) and ends with habitat which is great since most of the action (building the insect) takes place at a table. The illustrations are fantastic, lively and fun!

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