The windows are open and bugs are everywhere! Children will delight in this collection of twenty-one buggy poems--just don't forget the calamine lotion.
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A perfect springtime accompaniment to actual bugs, Insectlopedia swarms, buzzes, and slithers with poetry and paint. Douglas Florian, creator of the award-winning Beast Feast, On the Wing, and In the Swim, has succeeded again, this time with a delightful infestation of 21 spider and insect poems and paintings, awash in watercolor and collage on primed brown paper bags.
Well-loved for his clever wordplay (complete with endearingly shameless visual and verbal puns), Florian manages to seamlessly blend science with pure whimsy. Take "The Praying Mantis," for example: "Upon a twig/I sit and pray/For something big/To wend my way;/A caterpillar,/Moth,/or bee--/I swallow them/Religiously." His rhythmic chant "The Weevils" begins, "We are weevils./We are evil./We've aggrieved/Since time primeval." Add a few inchworms, moths, and whirligig beetles, and you have the blisteringly funny, stingingly clever Insectlopedia, the perfect book for emerging entomologists and budding poets alike. (All ages) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Publishers Weekly
"The silly, imaginative verses about whirligig beetles and waterbugs (almost) match the exquisite pictures in playfulness and wit. The result is downright stunning," said PW. Ages 5-8.
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Douglas Florian is the creator of many acclaimed picture books including Dinothesaurus, which received starred reviews in four major publications, Comet, Stars, The Moon and Mars, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year and Horn Book Fanfare List selection; Bow Wow Meow Meow, winner of the Gryphon Award and a Parents Magazine Best Book of the Year; and Lizards, Frogs and Polliwogs, a Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book. He lives with his family in New York.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
As a children's author myself, I look at a LOT of picture books each year. INSECTLOPEDIA was one I simply had to have. The poems and art are equally witty, and it seems to me the perfect gift book, to be enjoyed and appreciated by children (and adults) of all ages. Every time I show it to someone, we find something new to delight us in the art work. A wonderful book!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a book of poems about insects. The poems are great; their content is funny and rhythmic. Through the poems we learn about the various insects. Some have very creative text formatting such as the inchworm; the text is shaped like a humped-up inchworm. The illustrations are very creative collages that are unique compared to most other children's books.
I began reading this when my first son was 2 years old and he loved the poems then and he loves them now. Neither of my children are otherwise very interested in reading about insects but this book captures their interest and they laugh hysterically at some of these poems. After reading these they have found some of the more unusual insects such as the walking stick outdoors and called it to my attention. We've owned the book for 3 years, every once in a while my now-5 year old will find it and get excitedly proclaim "we haven't read this in a long time" and begs me to read it again (and again and again).
Some of the insects featured are the inchworm, tick, walking stick, praying mantis, monarch butterfly, daddy long legs spider and army ants.
The poems are so much fun I don't mind reading the entire book two or three times in a row. A fun book to read to young children. This is good reading for just plain fun or to introduce poetry or to enhance learning about insects and nature.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
Florian created a wonderful book of poems that captured the youthful joy and echantment of the insect world. Each poem is unique and the accompanying illustrations are whimsical and fun. Both parents and children will love this book.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not What I Expected
I thought I was getting an insect encyclopedia, but it was actually a paperback book of poems about insects. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Skyfemme11
5.0 out of 5 stars
fun way to learn about insects
My five year old granddaughter thoroughly enjoys this book.
She is fascinated by the world of insects. Read more
She is fascinated by the world of insects. Read more
Published 12 months ago by lucya
5.0 out of 5 stars
Delightful!
We have been checking out Insectlopedia from the library for years. My oldest could recite most of the poems in the book at one point, and would drop into spontaneous poetry... Read more
Published 19 months ago by homeschool mom
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fabulous poems and pictures!
I was helping my 11 year old son with his Boy Scout reading merit badge. He needed to read different types of books and was adamant about hating poetry. Read more
Published on April 24, 2008 by Holly Siebach
5.0 out of 5 stars
What a Delight!
Insectopedia is a delight! I found myself reading these poems aloud to my class during silent reading time. They thought the poems were funny too. Read more
Published on October 16, 2007 by Lynn Ellingwood
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pun-derful
Another in the series by this talented author/artist, Insectlopedia is a great adventure for adult and child alike. Read more
Published on March 13, 2005 by Luan Gaines
5.0 out of 5 stars
It's great! (Ethan 5) It's Wonderful (Alissa 6)
We just love reading Insectlopedia! My 6 year old daughter andmy 5 year old son both think it is a great read. Read more
Published on November 18, 1999
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Book Filled with Info!
I read this book while sitting in the Dr.'s office this week. It was not only fun to read, but educational as well. At 27 I learned some interesting things about insects! Read more
Published on September 24, 1999
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