Cockroaches

by L. Patricia Kite

Book Overview

Do you know what hardy insects were living thousands of years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the earth?Cockroaches!These pesky insects have learned to thrive almost anywhere.Investigate the fascinating... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822530465
• ISBN13: 9780822530466
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Lerner Publications
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.7" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4

Customer Reviews

Really Outstanding Children?s Book

I am a third-grade teacher who ordered this book for my class. I live in the warm climate of Morocco, where cockroaches are as common as flies. My kids are absolutely fascinated by this book, and it is one of the most popular books in my class.This book is one of the best animal books for children that I've ever seen, as are all the other books in the Early Bird Nature Series. In 48 pages, there are 41 outstanding, full-color photographs. The enlarged text is perfect both for reading to a child, or for a child to read to himself. The language and book design are perfect for a child between Grades 2 and 4, but even quite interesting even for me, as an adult! Topics covered are: the many different kinds of cockroaches, and where they live all over the world; that they are nocturnal, and what that means; their various body parts, and the functions of each of those parts; what they eat and drink; how they clean themselves; how and where eggs are laid; how their babies live and grow up; molting; enemies of cockroaches; how long they have lived on the Earth; how they are able to travel to new places using people when they move; and about some cockroaches who are kept as pets, or who live in nature, as in the jungle, far from people.The first page in the book both introduces new vocabulary words to be found in the text, and also explains where to find the small glossary at the back of the book, and how to use it. I highly recommend this book for your child. It will give you hours of fascination reading together. It would also be an excellent edition to any school library. I purchased the library-bound edition, which is both attractive and tough. The cover photo is extraordinary-a big close-up of a cockroach.