Creepy Crawly Collection

by Elizabeth Carney, Melissa Stewart, National Geographic Kids (Editor)

Frogs, snakes, ants, and bats! Oh my! They come in different sizes, different colors, and have different ways of thriving where they live. But thrive they do, and sometimes with the most amazing adaptations. These four creepy crawlies, their homes, and their most interesting aspects are the topic of this book.

This high-interest, educationally vetted series of beginning readers features the magnificent images of National Geographic, accompanied by texts written by experienced and skilled children's book authors. Each topic has an interactive game for a fun finish to kids' reading experiences. The Creepy Crawly Collection has two Level 1 books (Ants and Frogs), which reinforce the content of the book with a kinesthetic learning activity. It also has two Level 2 books (Bats and Snakes) in which readers complete a Cloze letter with vocabulary words.

Genres: Animals, Science

128 pages, Paperback

First published August 14, 2012

About the author

Elizabeth Carney is a writer and editor based in Brooklyn, New York. She specializes in children's nonfiction and science, math, and STEM-related subjects.

Elizabeth received the 2005 AAAS Science Journalism Award for science reporting for children. Her titles Face to Face With Cheetahs, Face to Face With Gorillas, and Great Migrations: Whales, Wildebeests, Butterflies, Elephants, and Other Amazing Animals on the Move appeared on the National Science Teachers Association's Outstanding Science Trade Book list for 2008, 2009, and 2010, respectively.

Reviews

[Christie Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book contains four smaller books put together into one creepy crawly book. Although I do not enjoy these creatures, especially the snakes, I could see that the interest that a child would have in these animals would be enhanced at the same time their literacy and vocabulary are being grown. The pictures are phenominal, I dare say students would see these kinds of animals this closely any other way. This book give informational text a great boost since it is engaging and highly visually tied. There are even corny jokes that kids will love to tell their friends and family.

[Camie · Rating 5 out of 5]

A first level 1-2 reader any animal loving 6-7 year old boy will love. The Creepy, Crawly Collection mostly for them to read with fun facts and joke to be added by better readers .