Grasshoppers and Crickets (Minipets Series)

By Theresa Greenaway

Book Overview

Pets -- even bugs -- need a nice home. These guides tell young naturalists how to find their own minipet, create a nurturing environment, feed it, and encourage it to reproduce. Children home scientific observation skills as they observe their pet's life cycle and unique behaviors. Details for releasing creatures successfully into the wild are included.They sing with their legs, and that's just the beginning High-impact photos of the Amazonian katydid and the stone cricket expose the arresting features of these intriguing insects.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739813854
• ISBN13: 9780739813850
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Steck-Vaughn Co
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.3" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 6 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 5