Resources

Books & Videos


FIELD GUIDES

"California Insects" by Jerry Powell &

"California Butterflies" by Jerry Powell &

"First Field Guide - Insects" National Audubon Society, by Christina Wilsdon $10.95 - field guide written for children (ISBN 0-590-05483-x)

"Insects - A Golden Guide" Pocket Field Guide to 225 familiar American Insects by Herbert Zim and Clarence Cottam ($5.95) (ISBN 0-307-24021-5)

"Spiders & Their Kin - A Golden Guide" Pocket Field Guide by Herbert & Lorna Levi ($5.95) (ISBN 0-307-24055-x)

BOOKS - EDUCATIONAL

"Insects - DK Eyewitness Explorers" by Steve Parker ($5.95) Simple experiments, learn how to observe & record, things to make (ISBN 0-7894-2215-8)

"Learn About Insects" by Jen Green $8.95 - a fascinating fact file & learn-it-yourself project book (ISBN 1-85967-644-8)

"That Gunk on Your Car" by Mark Hostetler

"How Come?" by Kathy Wollard ($10.95) a fantastic question and answer book covering many of the most common questions that kids (and adults) have about their natural world - written for kids (ISBN 1-56305-324-1)

"The Eat-A-Bug Cookbook" by David George Gordon ($16.95) around 30 delicious recipes for eating insects (ISBN 0-89815-977-6)

"Man Eating Bugs: The art and science of eating insects" by Peter Menzel and Faith D-Aluisio $19.95 (ISBN 1-58008-022-7)

Beginning student (high school/college) - 'The Insects - an Outline of entomology' by P.Gullen and K.Cranston. A book focusing on ecology, behavior etc with easy to understand text, nice illustrations and an introduction to the different orders.

"Ant Cities" by Arthur Dorros ($4.95) ages 5-9 Let's Read and Find Out About Ants (series) (ISBN 0-06-445079-1)

"Insect Wars" by Sara Van Dyck ($6.95) about beneficial insects that help out humans (ISBN 0-531-15857-8)

BOOKS - NOVELS & STORIES

"There's A Hair in My Dirt: A Worm's Story" by Gary Larson $9.95 - this is a tale told in children's book fashion (with Gary Larson wit) of the many animals out in nature - there is even a moral to the story

"The Grouchy Ladybug" by Eric Carle ($6.95) ages (ISBN 0-06-443450-8)

"The Very Quiet Cricket" by Eric Carle ($10.99) ages (ISBN 0-399-22684-2)

"The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars" adapted by Jean Merrill ($5.99) a twelth century tale from Japan (ISBN 0-698-11393-4)

"The Little Red And and the Great Big Crumb" retold by Shirley Climo ($5.95) a Mexican fable (ISBN 0-395-72097-4)

"Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears" retold by Verna Aardema ($) a West African tale (ISBN 0-88103-079-1)

"The Butterflies' Promise" by Julie Ovenell-Carter ($5.95) a story about Monarch butterflies (ISBN 1-55037-566-0)

"The Lady and the Spider" by Faith McNulty ($5.95) a story about a spider living in a lady's garden - ages 6-9 (ISBN 0-06-443152-5)

VIDEOS

"Ants"

"A Bug's Life"

"Them" - a movie about Giant Argentine Ants

"Arachnaphobia"

"Hidden World"

"Insects - Eyewitness Video"

"Metamorphosis Video"

*** that bug movie - popular film

 

 

 

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