Why Bed Bugs Bite and Other Gross Facts about Bugs

Contributor(s): Krell, Rayda (Consultant), Rake, Jody S (Author)

ISBN: 9781429676120

Publisher: Capstone Press

Hardcover

$27.99

Pub Date: January 1, 2012

Dewey: 595.754

LCCN: 2011033930

Lexile Code: 0660

Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Recycled Paper, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: 06 to 09

Physical Info: 0.28" H x 8.06" L x 8.34" W ( 0.30 lbs) 24 pages

BISAC Categories:

Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Insects Spiders etc | Curiosities and Wonders

Series: Gross Me Out

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000149166 ( Why Bed Bugs Bite and Other Gross Facts about Bugs)

Reading level: 3.10

Interest level: LG

Point value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Did you know that some bugs eat blood or poop? It's true. And there's even a kind of bug that eats boogers! Learn more about the gross things bugs do and why they do them. The backyard will never look the same!

Review Quotes: Young children will enjoy reading these short gross facts about people, animals, and insects. Colorful subheadings and cartoon characters top each section. Some readers might miss the "That's So Gross" facts that are located at the bottom of the table of contents page. Colorful photographs add to the facts that are presented. Recommended.-- "Library Media Connection"