Stewart, Melissa Insect
or Spider?
Enslow 2011 24p 21.26 978-0-7660-3681-9
elem Which
Animal is Which? (Enslow) VG-BNes
Explains how to differentiate between insects and arachnids.
Differentiating
between insects and arachnids (spiders) can be challenging
for youngsters.
Rather than lumping them together under the heading, ╥bugs,╙
Stewart compares
and contrasts key features that differentiate the groups,
and large, colorful
double-page photographs further underscore these
features. Most insects and
spiders are depicted life size or larger-than-life-size so
details are vivid.
The majority of
photographs are taken at eye level.
Those individuals
squeamish or phobic about spiders and insects may find this
distressing, but the
eye-catching, detailed pictures will fascinate others for
hours. The
photographs capture the delicate tracery in the membrane of
a dragonfly╒s
wings,
the short, sharp needle of a honey bee’s
stinger, and the hoary mandibles of a
Goliath bird-eating spider.
Subject-specific vocabulary terms are defined in a glossary at the
very beginning of the text, which facilitates comprehension
as the terms are
encountered later in the book. The text is brief, to-the-point, and
matter-of-
fact. It contains
basic facts, as well as some interesting ╥factoids╙ (did you
know that scientists don’t know if or how spiders can smell?
or that some
insects eat plastic?).
A summary of traits at the end of the text is
accompanied by clear photographs in a colorful page
layout. Welliver, Hilary
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