Crafts/Kids Wild About Insects (Crafts for Kids Who Are Wild about) [Library Binding]

Kathy Ross (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 7 and up | Series: Crafts for Kids Who Are Wild about

Introduces the world of crawling and flying insects through twenty simple craft projects.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Gr 2-5--Using such recyclables and readily available materials as pipe cleaners, plastic bottles, Styrofoam trays, clothespins, oatmeal boxes, toilet-paper rolls, and old socks and neckties, Ross proffers such projects as "Magnified Bugs," "Lucky Ladybug Necklace," and "Butterfly Lapel Pin" (Insects); "Tree Frog Beanbag," "Howling Howler Monkey Mask," and "Spider Monkey Mobile" (Rainforests). Most instructive and/or effective of the lot are "Rainforest Layers" (a terrariumlike model in a jar) and "Butterfly Metamorphosis" (an egg-carton model of the four stages); but, for the most part, information is minimal, and standards of authenticity casual, at best. (The author writes: "You can add more details to your projects or give them more accurate coloring by looking for pictures and more information on the plants and animals you make.") As arts-and-crafts activities, these have little merit; the process is too often time- and labor-intensive, and the product is generally uninspired and unrewarding. Even where rainforest and/or insect projects are in demand, these books will be of limited use. Extra copies of Dorothy Hinshaw Patent's Children Save the Rain Forest (Cobblehill, 1996) and Angela Wilkes's My First Green Book (Knopf, 1991; o.p.) will stand readers in better stead.

Marcia Hupp, Mamaroneck Public Library, NY

Copyright 1997 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Library Binding: 48 pages
• Publisher: Millbrook Press (August 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076130116X
• ISBN-13: 978-0761301165
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,191,592 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of creative ideas and kids love the final products, November 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Crafts/Kids Wild About Insects (Crafts for Kids Who Are Wild About) (Paperback)

The ideas in the book are creative and original. It is hard to decide which craft to do first. My kids really enjoy these books and I have lots of other craft books but we always end up picking something out of the "wild about" series.