Up Close With Bugs [Paperback]

Amazing micrograph photography helps readers find out if bugs get an undeserved bad rap in this nonfiction picture book.

Bugs bite, drink blood, and eat food in our fields and gardens. Is bugging a crime? Decide for yourself! Read rap sheets on the major categories of insects, and marvel at photomicrographs that magnify bug parts by 10 to 300,000 times! But once you've learned about insect habits, you may come to agree that bugs are our friends... not our foes. Meticulous research combined with lively writing and a kid-friendly approach to turn learning about insects into an intriguing case. First published in hardcover asBug Shots,this title is being repackaged as a companion toUp Close with Spiders (Spidermania).Praise for the hardcover edition, Bug Shots: The Good, the Bad, and the Bugly
 
An NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students
A VOYA Nonfiction Honor Book
Recipient of a Eureka! Children's Book Award for Excellence in Nonfiction

Open the spacious book anywhere, and the photos and facts will grab readers and make them want to read more. A long glossary and a list of suggested reading closes this good choice for researchers, browsers, and reluctant readers alike. —Booklist
 
The visually stunning use of false color in the photomicrographs highlights important features of the insects. —Horn Book Guide
 
The neon-hued extreme closeups of compound eyes, antennae, and other insect features make this both a clever and useful science book. —Publishers Weekly
 
 ALEXANDRA SIY's children's books have won many awards, including anOrbis Pictus Honor, anNSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book Award,and anAmerican Institute of Physics Science Writing Award.

DENNIS KUNKEL, PhD, is a scientist and microscopist. His award-winning microphotographl³V