Ultimate Bugopedia: The Most Complete Bug Reference Ever (National Geographic Kids) Read Free Books and Download eBooks
Welcome to the hidden world of the most popular bugs on Earth. Opening the beautiful and accessible pages of this book is like turning over a series of stones under which you'll find a fascinating array of the world's coolest creepy-crawlies. This fully photographic book profiles bugs, beetles, wasps, bees, ants, caterpillars, butterflies, dragonflies, spiders, flies, crickets and grasshoppers, and centipedes and millipedes. These profiles are accompanied by Did You Know? facts and fast facts including scientific name, size, diet, and habitat. Front matter includes a How to Use spread and thematic spreads covering topics from prehistoric insects to bugs around the world. In short, this book includes everything a young fact-hound needs to discover the weird, wacky, diverse, and fascinating world of bugs.
Lexile Measure: 1010 (What's this?)
Series: National Geographic Kids
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: National Geographic Children's Books (October 22, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1426313764
ISBN-13: 978-1426313769
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 0.9 x 10.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (129 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #4,957 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #16 in Books > Children's Books > Animals > Bugs & Spiders #1575 in Books > Reference
Age Range: 7 - 10 years
Grade Level: 2 - 5
My son likes the pictures and I like the reading sections. The authors pulled small sections out of the paragraphs and placed them near the pics so that I can read them as we look and then turn the pages quicker. Eventually we made spend more time on each page, but he is excited and we jump around a lot. The quality of the book is excellent. The layout and order of the book is well done. We have more complete Bug encyclopedae. But this one is the newest with the most accurate info, I am assuming. For example, the book might say that there are 1000 species of cricket.....I assume some scientist knows this info.My main parts of the book that we like are the pictures, the quick blurbs, and the layout.
After lots of online research, I purchased this book for my 8 year old son. The photos are amazing. My son started reading it right away, and excitedly shared the insect facts he was learning with me. Very happy with this purchase. Think it would also be great to read to a younger child who was interested in insects, as s/he would really enjoy the photos.
This kid-based encyclopedia is a great resource for a budding bug enthusiast or a kid who loves animals. Targeted at a upper elementary/middle school audience, it is a book that will encourage younger siblings to take an interest in the topic, too. This is a book you'll want to engage with over several reading experiences. With its amazing photos of insects, butterflies, moths, and spiders, a younger child will turn from page to page, learning from the captions fascinating information about various insects. On further examination, your child will discover four sections that will enlighten their understanding of bugs. Its opening section on "discovering bugs" helps teach some basic biology to help develop your child's vocabulary for understanding the encyclopedia entries. The bugs are divided into two sections: "simple metamorphosis" and "complete metamorphosis" with helpful guides at the beginning of each section to help navigate through the book. The final section gives information on how to discover more information on bugs, including a glossary and index, website recommendations, movies to watch, and places to visit (insectariums, zoos, museums and butterfly gardens) around the world. The only pages in this book not containing incredible photos are the index and photo credits at the very back. Even a reluctant reader will find this book to be worth scanning and learning well researched facts.
This book is fun to read, but it's really not an encyclopedia at all and is far from comprehensive. It's an informational book about bug attributes and several different bugs. The pictures are really nice. We like to read this book, but are sticking with our field guide when we want to look up specific insects.
Our 4-yr-old daughter can't get enough of bugs! We have read this page by page and used it as a resource when she finds new bugs and wants to know more about them. The pictures are beautiful. So much detail into a world I'd rather not see, but fascinating.
My book loving six year old is not so interested in this book.... She loves all other encyclopedia type of books. I couldn't figure out why, so I tried to read this book. Mmmmmmm....... This book,didn't catch my interest either. Pics are beautiful and the details are good, but lots of bugs in this book are the kinds that you won't see in your backyard. The bugs that live in only particular part of the world, that's what this book is about. This is not a book that a kid can use as a reference book to find out what the bug that he/she caught in the backyard. Don't get me wrong, this is a god book, it's just that my daughter and I ended up being not so big fan of this book.
I'm a homeschooling mom of 4 so we read a tons of books! This was one of my children's favorites. We were continuely checking it out from the library. So I bought it for them this Christmas. The pictures are great and facts very interesting. Even non-readers can enjoy it. There are many NG books that aren't that great but this one is. I also discovered the Ultimate Reptile-opedia yesterday and Bodypedia while at the book store. They too seem to have some meat on the bones.
Bought this for my nephew for Christmas and he loves it. He is really into bugs right now, especially spiders. Every time I see him, he has to tell me about another bug he has learned about. He is seven and it's easy for him to read, but not too easy. The pictures are great, and they have interesting captions. I don't even like bugs, and I could read along and learn something I thought was cool.
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