A Book of Flies: Real or Otherwise

by Richard Michelson

If an insect can fly, we might think it's a fly and call it a fly, but can it join the club Diptera? That club (scientists call it an "order") is reserved for real flies only-to join, an insect must... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761450505
• ISBN13: 9780761450504
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 11.0" x 10.7"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Bugman's review

This book is sure to delight both parents and children alike. Richard Michelson's whimsical poems coupled with fantastic illustrations by Leonard Baskin combine to make this book entertaining, educational and fun. Each fly receives dual treatment by the author and illustrator. First, a painting of the fly viewed through a child's literal eye matched with a humorous poem, followed by a factual monograph and technical sketch of the fly. Michelson and Baskin have concocted a brilliant collection of flies, real or otherwise.