Scorpions

by Conrad J. Storad

Book Overview

Describes the physical characteristics and life cycle of this plant, originally brought to America by English settlers to grow in their gardens. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082253004X
• ISBN13: 9780822530046
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Lerner Publications
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.6" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 7 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 3

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 dangerous scorpions are very common. 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 42 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: where scorpions can be found in North America; how long scorpions have lived on the Earth, and how they were the first animal to crawl out of the oceans onto land; other animals scorpions are related to; sizes and appearances of various scorpions (with many pictures); the habitats where scorpions live (with pictures of sample habitats); the parts and functions of the scorpion's body, including the stinger; hunting and eating, and how scorpions use their tales to hunt for the animals they eat; what a scorpion sting feels like; antivenin; the life cycle of scorpions; how long scorpions can live without food or water; how light rays invisible to humans at night help scorpions attract insects they can eat; and how baby scorpions are born, and how their mother takes care of them.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 black scorpion.