Cicadas and Aphids: What They Have in Common

by Sara Swan Miller

Book Overview

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• Format: School & Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0613346424
• ISBN13: 9780613346429
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Turtleback Books
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.2" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 5

Customer Reviews

Another Fun and Informative Read in the Animals in Order Series! :-)

This is a fine starter series for kids interested studying different animals. Cicadas and Aphids: What They Have in Common is our most recent adventure with the wonderful and interesting Animals in Order series...what can I say, my kids just can't get enough of these! What I like a great deal about this is that it takes time at the beginning of the book to look at (briefly) what makes an animal a cicadas or aphids, specifically getting into what traits exactly make an insect a cicadas or aphid. The book then goes into the "order" of living things which details the kingdom, phylum and class , order, family and species (with a handy visual chart for reference, great for younger kids, so they can SEE how it works rather than just read it or have it read to them). This is one of the better features of this series and the exact text appears in each book. Next the text goes specifically into where cicadas and aphids fit into animal kingdom, breaking it down (in words and pictures again) to kingdom (animal), phylum (arthropod), class (insect) and order (homopteran). In this section we learn that there are 30 different orders of insects and that homopterans can be divided into several different families and genera which can, in turn, be broken down into thousands of species! The book also talks a bit about where homopterans of all types and sizes fit into food chain and in habitats including woods & orchards; fields & gardens; your house, and in the desert. Cicadas and Aphids: What They Have in Common goes from there into an overview of fourteen species complete with full page, color photographs for each one, which really serve to bring the information to life. This section includes Family, Common Example, Genus and Species and Size for each homopteran discussed and each animal is given one full page for written description and one full page COLOR photo...excellent for fully engaging the reader! Insects included here are annual cicadas, wooly aphids, treehoppers, leafhoppers, spittlebugs, whiteflies, and lac insects! Overall, a fantastic way to introduce various types of artiodactyls to your curious young reader! What you get in Cicadas and Aphids: What They Have in Common is an excellent overview of cross section of types of homopterans. Like some of the other books in the series on insects and bugs, Cicadas and Aphids: What They Have In Common includes a section, at the end, on looking for and studying homopterans in your area which is always a welcome addition (hands on is always a good way to bring information in books alive for young readers). As always with this series, I was pleased to find that at the end of the book the author/publisher also included a short recommended reading list and some really great web pages to do more research on...the kids in particular LOVED this! The books in this series would make a wonderful addition to a classroom library or as gifts for your favorite young reader who has a passion for animals;