Tiny creepy crawlers

Matt Turner, 1964-

Book - 2017

Looks at small size invertebrates, describing their physical features and adaptations for survival, and including such creatures as centipedes, mites, ticks, fleas, lice, sea spiders, and water bears.

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Published
Minneapolis : Hungry Tomato [2017]
Language
English
Main Author
Matt Turner, 1964- (author)
Other Authors
Santiago Calle (illustrator)
Item Description
Includes index.
Physical Description
32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN
9781512415551
9781512430820
  • Tiny creepy crawlers
  • Tough critters
  • Ancient killers
  • Tiny tanks
  • Stalking the seabed
  • Skin crawlers
  • Champion jumpers
  • Making you itch
  • Survival tricks
  • Leggy hunters
  • An incredible journey
  • Mini creatures
  • Parasites on parade.
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Turner highlights small but mighty creatures-including ticks, fleas, lice, millipedes, and tapeworms-in one of four titles kicking off the Crazy Creepy Crawlers series, illustrated through a combination of photographs and comics-style sequences. Highly magnified images of the microscopic creatures reveal the fine details on their pincers, legs, antennae, and outer shells, while captions and bursts deliver facts about their habits, characteristics, and surprising abilities ("A flea can jump 30,000 times nonstop"). The bugs reappear in Calle's comics, which are filled with science-based gags and one-liners. "Ah, food!... Oh no, wait, that's just me," says a centipede looking at its own tail, after readers learn that the arthropods "don't mind a bit of cannibalism." It's an irreverent but informative introduction to some impressive specimens that slither, creep, crawl, and bite. Simultaneously available: Extraordinary Insects, Flying Creepy Crawlies, and Deadly Spiders. Ages 3-6. (Jan.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Review by Horn Book Review

This series takes a close-up look at creatures that many children find fascinatingly creepy. Illustrated with zoomed-in photographs and comics segments (including humorous speech-bubble comments), the volumes provide ample information to satisfy budding entomologists and enough levity to benefit those less drawn to "creepy crawlers." The layouts favor visuals over text, with tiny type densely packed into boxes and sidebars. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Crazy Creepy Crawlers titles: Deadly Spiders, Extraordinary Insects, Flying Creepy Crawlers, and Tiny Creepy Crawlers.] (c) Copyright 2018. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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