Mosquitoes

Contributor(s): Kravetz, Jonathan (Author)

ISBN: 9781404230446

Publisher: PowerKids Press

$19.70

Pub Date: December 30, 2005

Dewey: 595.772

LCCN: 2004025426

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index

Target Age Group: 08 to 11

Physical Info: 0.30" H x 9.26" L x 9.16" W ( 0.57 lbs) 24 pages

BISAC Categories:

Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Insects Spiders etc

Series: Gross Bugs

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000101013 ( Mosquitoes)

Reading level: 5.30

Interest level: LG

Point value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: The mosquito is one of the deadliest insects on Earth. These blood-suckers carry diseases, which each year kill more than one million people in the world. The book explores the mosquito's swampy habitat and explains how and why mosquitoes feed on blood. This book also provides readers with simple precautions they can take to reduce mosquito populations.

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