If an insect can fly, we might think it's a fly and call it a fly, but can it join the club Diptera? That club (scientists call it an "order") is reserved for real flies only-to join, an insect must have six legs and two wings. There are close to 90,000 species of flies. In the witty poems and paragraphs of this enlightening book, you'll discover fantastic flies that exist only in the imagination and fascinating facts about nine real files-and even some non-flies you thought were flies! With a humorous and descriptive mix of poetry and prose, the author exposes several extraordinary variations of this ordinary household pest. Realistic and interpretive drawings mingle on the pages to depict the types of flies you might encounter. It's something to think about the next time you go to swat a fly! New York Public Library's 1999 "Best Children's Books for Reading and Sharing."

A Book of Flies Real or Otherwise

Children's Books

Richard Michelson

Animals

Marshall Cavendish Children's Books

"Fiddlesticks! Six? The best? Poppycock! You want TEN TIMES BETTER? Dial a croc. I have SIXTY teeth. I'm a great masticator. (That means I chew first, and ask questions later.)" RICHARD MICHELSON and the late LEONARD BASKIN show that learning to count and to multiply by ten need never be boring! In a counting book like no other, a variety of animals duel for the honor of the number they represent. Backed up by interesting natural history information, the poems are clever, sometimes even preposterous. Bold watercolors convey the animals' conviction that their number is undoubtedly the best! Children will laugh their way along the road to numerical literacy.

Ten Times Better

Education & Reference

The guinea pigs of Dandeville love munching dandelion leaves so much that slowly but surely dandelions are disappearing all over town. Soon there is only one dandelion left! A little guinea pig named Nibbles finds this last dandelion right outside his window. What should he do? Nibbles finds a way to save the dayâ€”and the dandelionsâ€”in this green tale, which is captured in unique mixed-media artwork.

Nibbles: A Green Tale

Charlotte Middleton

Teen & Young Adult

World and Its Peoples: Eastern and Southern Asia

Unknown, Author

Animal and Plant Anatomy, Volume 11

Encyclopedia of Health

Reference

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