Boll Weevils

Contributor(s): Kravetz, Jonathan (Author)

ISBN: 9781404230415

Publisher: PowerKids Press

$19.70

Pub Date: December 30, 2005

Dewey: 595.768

LCCN: 2004021240

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps

Target Age Group: 08 to 11

Physical Info: 0.28" H x 9.24" L x 9.00" W ( 0.57 lbs) 24 pages

BISAC Categories:

Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Insects Spiders etc

Series: Gross Bugs

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000101007 ( Boll Weevils)

Reading level: 5.30

Interest level: LG

Point value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: The boll weevil has plagued cotton crops in the United States for more than a century. This insect, which has few natural enemies, costs farmers billions of dollars in damage. This book examines this pesky bug, its life cycle and habitat, and the measures farmers take to protect their crops from the boll weevil.

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