Crickets and Grasshoppers (Nature Close-Up) [Hardcover]

Elaine Pascoe (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 10 and up | Series: Nature Close-Up

Photographs by Dwight Kuhn

How-to collection; build a cricket or grasshopper home, investigate a cricket's social life; find out what makes crickets sing and whether grasshoppers prefer certain colors. (20030201)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Readers get a virtual bug's-eye view of the natural world in these beautifully photographed, succinctly written introductions. Both titles are well organized, with terms defined as they appear. However, it is the photography that is the highlight here. Different-sized, sharply focused pictures complement the text on almost every page; many are remarkably detailed, extreme close-ups of flower or insect anatomy... With their excellent photography, crisp texts, and intriguing activities, both titles will be useful additions to most natural-history sections."
--School Library Journal (March 2004) (School Library Journal 20020201)

"Each book in the series features solid information, excellent photography, and genuine inquiry investigations. The books are ideal for teachers and students in the middle level. These well-written books are sure to generate interest in real and intriguing scientific explorations."
-- ScienceScope (Febraury 2003) (Science Scope 20020101)

"Good photos and activities and experiments suited to students in the early elementary school grades are the best features of this book."
-- Science Books & Films (January-Febraury 2002) (Science Books & Films )

"Good photos and activities and experiments suited to students in the early elementary school grades are the best features of this book."
-- Science Books & Film (January 2002)

"Each book in the series features solid information, excellent photography, and genuine inquiry investigations. The books are ideal for teachers and students in the middle level. These well-written books are sure to generate interest in real and intriguing scientific explorations."
-- ScienceScope (February 2003) (Science Books & Films )

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Publisher: Blackbirch Press; 1 edition (August 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1567111769
• ISBN-13: 978-1567111767
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,591,205 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent photographs - they bring it all to life!, March 10, 2001

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This review is from: Crickets and Grasshoppers (Nature Close-Up) (Hardcover)

I thought that the pictures give all the information about these creatures a whole new meaning. I think photographs, especially the real thing makes it so much more interesting and intriguing to young children. Theory often is not as catching as the visual and sensory aspect of science and nature learning