Everybody has a favorite bug. Some like shiny, colorful beetles or busy ants or soft pale moths best. Others prefer spindly walking sticks or fuzzy caterpillars that turn into bright butterflies. With beautiful illustrations and charming personal stories, 15 children's book artists share their favorite bugs and why they love them.

"Simple text accompanied by full-color photographs give an up-close look at grasshoppers"--Provided by publisher.

Watch out for these masters of defense-stick insects! Their secret weapon is being able to hide in plain sight. To protect themselves from predators, they have developed long, narrow bodies. They blend right in to the branches they live on. Some stick insects even have extra growths that look like leaves for more camouflage. Stick insects also protect themselves by being most active at night when it is even harder to see them. They escape from predators...

Describs how the abilities of some insects have helped them to survive for 400 millions years, including the group behavior of ants, the scavengers habits of cockroaches, the adaptaion of weevils, and the defensive capabilities of beetles

Miss Spider and Holley explore car lots, test drive some cars and encounter a few near misses, but all ends well thanks to the help of a benevolent moth, Sue.

Simple text and photographs introduce young readers to moths.

Presents a rhyme and information about a variety of insects. Teaches kids the names of insects through rhyming text that begs to be read or shouted out loud, and a four-page glossary gives details about each bug featured. Brush-footed butterfly, Leaf-footed bug, Bird Dropping caterpillar, Slug, Slug, Slug! Here's the wild and rollicking follow-up to the bestselling trout, trout, trout! that everybody's been waiting for! This time, insects take center...

"All the insects agree that the object that fell from the sky is a Wonder, but when Spider decides it is his, he risks losing all of his friends"--Verso page.

The Life and Love of the Insect enters into a hidden realm with 18 illustrated essays, rendered in lively, poetic language. Whether extolling the maternal instincts of the Sacred Beetle or chronicling the protracted and ultimately fatal mating ritual of the Languedocian Scorpion, Fabre consistently engages readers with his earnest yet playful delight in sharing fascinating aspects of the insect world. French entomologist Jean Henri Fabre (1823–1915)...

Rhyming text introduces bug-eating animals such as geckos, trout, or even people. Includes additional facts about each creature.