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Backpack Explorer: Bug Hunt: What Will You Find?
Head outside and get the buzz on bugs! Packed with educational prompts and activities, this fourth book in the Backpack Explorer series encourages junior naturalists to spot insects while on a walk in the woods, playing in a park, or searching right outside their front door. Twelve interactive field guides help young seekers identify fliers, crawlers, and pollinators, while sensory scavenger hunts, projects such as Weave a Web or Make a Bug Hotel, and cool bug facts boost the insect intrigue. Equipped with a real magnifying glass, stickers, and a log for recording sightings, this book is the perfect companion for any nature adventure.
48 pages, Hardcover
Published April 13, 2021
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January 9, 2024
Excellent children's book on bugs. My boys learned a lot. It's brought out consistently in the summer to learn about the bugs around them.
August 2, 2022
This is a fun and fascinating interactive insect book for children. Featured throughout the book are different minibeasts -- each given a spread in detail and paired with *real photos* of the critters, all labelled in nice detail.
Throughout these spreads of nonfiction information about particular critters are sprinkled interactive prompts for children. For example, there is a Bug Behavior Scavenger Hunt with 9 behaviors to spot and check off (e.g. singing, flying, building, and so on). A few other examples: make a bug hotel, weave a spider web, build a nature bug).
At the back of the book is My Bug Log where children can write some detail as well as a couple pages of stickers to help keep track of different bugs spotted. There is also a little magnifying glass included with the book (though it admittedly is pretty flimsy and won't last outside for too long).
I appreciate that the differences between an insect and spider and worm and other critters are discussed in detail to avoid confusion.
I think kids that love insects will find this fun to look at -- I especially love that real photos are used and there is a considerable effort here to cover a wide variety of insects and related critters. Very fun!
***Note: I was given a review copy of this book by Storey Publishing. Opinions are my own.
Throughout these spreads of nonfiction information about particular critters are sprinkled interactive prompts for children. For example, there is a Bug Behavior Scavenger Hunt with 9 behaviors to spot and check off (e.g. singing, flying, building, and so on). A few other examples: make a bug hotel, weave a spider web, build a nature bug).
At the back of the book is My Bug Log where children can write some detail as well as a couple pages of stickers to help keep track of different bugs spotted. There is also a little magnifying glass included with the book (though it admittedly is pretty flimsy and won't last outside for too long).
I appreciate that the differences between an insect and spider and worm and other critters are discussed in detail to avoid confusion.
I think kids that love insects will find this fun to look at -- I especially love that real photos are used and there is a considerable effort here to cover a wide variety of insects and related critters. Very fun!
***Note: I was given a review copy of this book by Storey Publishing. Opinions are my own.
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