Author: Leigh Rockwood
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9781448813674
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Young readers learn about flies and maggots through simple text and photographs.
Flies and Maggots Are Gross!
Author: Leigh Rockwood
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9781448813674
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Young readers learn about flies and maggots through simple text and photographs.
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9781448813674
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Young readers learn about flies and maggots through simple text and photographs.
I, Fly
Author: Bridget Heos
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1627796134
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Fly is fed up with everyone studying butterflies. Flies are so much cooler! They flap their wings 200 times a second, compared to a butterfly's measly five to twelve times. Their babies-maggots-are much cuter than caterpillars (obviously). And when they eat solid food, they even throw up on it to turn it into a liquid. Who wouldn't want to study an insect like that? In an unforgettably fun, fact-filled presentation, this lovable (and highly partisan) narrator promotes his species to a sometimes engrossed, sometimes grossed-out, class of kids.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1627796134
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Fly is fed up with everyone studying butterflies. Flies are so much cooler! They flap their wings 200 times a second, compared to a butterfly's measly five to twelve times. Their babies-maggots-are much cuter than caterpillars (obviously). And when they eat solid food, they even throw up on it to turn it into a liquid. Who wouldn't want to study an insect like that? In an unforgettably fun, fact-filled presentation, this lovable (and highly partisan) narrator promotes his species to a sometimes engrossed, sometimes grossed-out, class of kids.
The Infested Mind
Author: Jeffrey Lockwood
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199374937
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The human reaction to insects is neither purely biological nor simply cultural. And no one reacts to insects with indifference. Insects frighten, disgust and fascinate us. Jeff Lockwood explores this phenomenon through evolutionary science, human history, and contemporary psychology, as well as a debilitating bout with entomophobia in his work as an entomologist. Exploring the nature of anxiety and phobia, Lockwood explores the lively debate about how much of our fear of insects can be attributed to ancestral predisposition for our own survival and how much is learned through individual experiences. Drawing on vivid case studies, Lockwood explains how insects have come to infest our minds in sometimes devastating ways and supersede even the most rational understanding of the benefits these creatures provide. No one can claim to be ambivalent in the face of wasps, cockroaches or maggots but our collective entomophobia is wreaking havoc on the natural world as we soak our food, homes and gardens in powerful insecticides. Lockwood dissects our common reactions, distinguishing between disgust and fear, and invites readers to consider their own emotional and physiological reactions to insects in a new framework that he's derived from cutting-edge biological, psychological, and social science.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199374937
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The human reaction to insects is neither purely biological nor simply cultural. And no one reacts to insects with indifference. Insects frighten, disgust and fascinate us. Jeff Lockwood explores this phenomenon through evolutionary science, human history, and contemporary psychology, as well as a debilitating bout with entomophobia in his work as an entomologist. Exploring the nature of anxiety and phobia, Lockwood explores the lively debate about how much of our fear of insects can be attributed to ancestral predisposition for our own survival and how much is learned through individual experiences. Drawing on vivid case studies, Lockwood explains how insects have come to infest our minds in sometimes devastating ways and supersede even the most rational understanding of the benefits these creatures provide. No one can claim to be ambivalent in the face of wasps, cockroaches or maggots but our collective entomophobia is wreaking havoc on the natural world as we soak our food, homes and gardens in powerful insecticides. Lockwood dissects our common reactions, distinguishing between disgust and fear, and invites readers to consider their own emotional and physiological reactions to insects in a new framework that he's derived from cutting-edge biological, psychological, and social science.
Incredible Insects
Author: Kelli Hicks
Publisher: Science in My World: Level 2
ISBN: 9781039600379
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Do they buzz, fly, bite, or sting? Discover some incredible facts about insects in this colorful book.
Publisher: Science in My World: Level 2
ISBN: 9781039600379
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Do they buzz, fly, bite, or sting? Discover some incredible facts about insects in this colorful book.
Gross as a Snot Otter
Author: Jess Keating
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1524764507
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Animal Planet meets Captain Underpants in the ickiest, squickiest, most fart-filled World of Weird Animals book yet, from the creators of Pink Is for Blobfish. The creators of Pink Is for Blobfish are back, and they've brought 17 of their most revolting friends: there are slippery, slimy snot otters, gulls that projectile-vomit on command, fish that communicate via flatulence, and chipmunks that cultivate healthy forests by pooping a trail of seeds wherever they go. But there's more to these skin-crawling creatures than meets the eye, and as zoologist Jess Keating explains, sometimes it's the very things that make us gag that allow these animals to survive in the wild. The perfect combination of yuks, yucks, and eureka!'s, this latest installment in the World of Weird Animals series will inspire budding scientists and burp enthusiasts alike!
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1524764507
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Animal Planet meets Captain Underpants in the ickiest, squickiest, most fart-filled World of Weird Animals book yet, from the creators of Pink Is for Blobfish. The creators of Pink Is for Blobfish are back, and they've brought 17 of their most revolting friends: there are slippery, slimy snot otters, gulls that projectile-vomit on command, fish that communicate via flatulence, and chipmunks that cultivate healthy forests by pooping a trail of seeds wherever they go. But there's more to these skin-crawling creatures than meets the eye, and as zoologist Jess Keating explains, sometimes it's the very things that make us gag that allow these animals to survive in the wild. The perfect combination of yuks, yucks, and eureka!'s, this latest installment in the World of Weird Animals series will inspire budding scientists and burp enthusiasts alike!
Everyday Insects
Author: Bobbie Kalman
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780778723363
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Examines all kinds of insects including detailed information about each one.
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780778723363
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Examines all kinds of insects including detailed information about each one.
The ABCs of Insects
Author: Bobbie Kalman
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780778734161
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Provides photographs and text that encourages children to identify insects in their world.
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780778734161
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Provides photographs and text that encourages children to identify insects in their world.
Moths
Author: Martha E. H. Rustad
Publisher: Bellwether Media
ISBN: 1612111823
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Moths are attracted to bright lights, though it is still unknown exactly why that is. Like butterflies, moths grow from caterpillars into insects with beautiful wings. Discover moths with wings of all different colors, shapes, and sizes!
Publisher: Bellwether Media
ISBN: 1612111823
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Moths are attracted to bright lights, though it is still unknown exactly why that is. Like butterflies, moths grow from caterpillars into insects with beautiful wings. Discover moths with wings of all different colors, shapes, and sizes!
100 Most Disgusting Things on the Planet
Author: Anna Claybourne
Publisher: Qeb Publishing -- Quarto Library
ISBN: 1682974189
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 57
Book Description
Presents facts about disgusting things, organized into such categories as animals, food, and the human body.
Publisher: Qeb Publishing -- Quarto Library
ISBN: 1682974189
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 57
Book Description
Presents facts about disgusting things, organized into such categories as animals, food, and the human body.
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
Author: Mary Roach
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393245454
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
A New York Times / National Bestseller "America's funniest science writer" (Washington Post) Mary Roach explores the science of keeping human beings intact, awake, sane, uninfected, and uninfested in the bizarre and extreme circumstances of war. Grunt tackles the science behind some of a soldier's most challenging adversaries—panic, exhaustion, heat, noise—and introduces us to the scientists who seek to conquer them. Mary Roach dodges hostile fire with the U.S. Marine Corps Paintball Team as part of a study on hearing loss and survivability in combat. She visits the fashion design studio of U.S. Army Natick Labs and learns why a zipper is a problem for a sniper. She visits a repurposed movie studio where amputee actors help prepare Marine Corps medics for the shock and gore of combat wounds. At Camp Lemmonier, Djibouti, in east Africa, we learn how diarrhea can be a threat to national security. Roach samples caffeinated meat, sniffs an archival sample of a World War II stink bomb, and stays up all night with the crew tending the missiles on the nuclear submarine USS Tennessee. She answers questions not found in any other book on the military: Why is DARPA interested in ducks? How is a wedding gown like a bomb suit? Why are shrimp more dangerous to sailors than sharks? Take a tour of duty with Roach, and you’ll never see our nation’s defenders in the same way again.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393245454
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
A New York Times / National Bestseller "America's funniest science writer" (Washington Post) Mary Roach explores the science of keeping human beings intact, awake, sane, uninfected, and uninfested in the bizarre and extreme circumstances of war. Grunt tackles the science behind some of a soldier's most challenging adversaries—panic, exhaustion, heat, noise—and introduces us to the scientists who seek to conquer them. Mary Roach dodges hostile fire with the U.S. Marine Corps Paintball Team as part of a study on hearing loss and survivability in combat. She visits the fashion design studio of U.S. Army Natick Labs and learns why a zipper is a problem for a sniper. She visits a repurposed movie studio where amputee actors help prepare Marine Corps medics for the shock and gore of combat wounds. At Camp Lemmonier, Djibouti, in east Africa, we learn how diarrhea can be a threat to national security. Roach samples caffeinated meat, sniffs an archival sample of a World War II stink bomb, and stays up all night with the crew tending the missiles on the nuclear submarine USS Tennessee. She answers questions not found in any other book on the military: Why is DARPA interested in ducks? How is a wedding gown like a bomb suit? Why are shrimp more dangerous to sailors than sharks? Take a tour of duty with Roach, and you’ll never see our nation’s defenders in the same way again.