Booklist Insects

Insect Booklist - courtesy of   newchildmontessori.com

Amazing Bugs (DK Inside Guides), Miranda MacQuitty, DK Publishing 
Amazing Insects (DK Inside Guides), Miranda Macquitty, DK Publishing
Amazing Spiders, (Eyewitness Juniors), Alexandra Parsons, Knopf
Amazing Spiders (Nature Watch), Claudia Schnieper, Carolrhoda Books
Andy and His Father, Aline D. Wolf, Parent Child Press
Animal Architects: How Spiders and Other Silkmakers Build Their Amazing Homes, Wright Robinson, Blackbirch
Ant (Life Story Series), Michael Chinery, Troll
Ant Cities (Let’s Read and Find Out), Arthur Dorros, Harper Trophy
Are You a Ladybug? (Backyard Books), Judy Allen, Larousse Kingfisher Chambers
Are You a Butterfly?, Judy Allen, Larousse Kingfisher Chambers
Bee (Animal Close-ups), Paul Starosta, Charlesbridge
Bee (Life Cycles), Sabrina Crewe, Raintree/Steck-Vaugn
Beekeepers, Linda Oatman High, Boyds Mills Press
Best Book of Bugs, Claire Llewellyn, Larousse Kingfisher Chambers
Big Bug Ball, Dee Lillegard, Troll / Putnam Books
Black Widows, Peter Murray, The Children’s World (good photography)
Black Widow Spiders, James E. Gerholdt, Abdo & Daughters
Bright Beetle, Rick Chrustowski, Henry Holt & Company
Bug! Bugs! Bugs! (DK Reader level 2), Jennifer Dussling, DK Publishing
Bugs and other insects, Bobbie Kalman, Crabtree Publishing
Bugs: A closer look at the world’s tiny creatures, Jinny Johnson, Reader’s Digest Kids
Busy, Buzzy Bees (Rookie Read-About), Allan Fowler, Children’s Press
Butterflies Coloring Book, Jan Sovak, Dover Publications
Butterfly House, Eve Bunting, Scholastic Trade
Butterfly Book: A Kid’s Guide to Attracting, Raising, and Keeping Butterflies, Hamilton, Avalon
Buzz!: A Book About Insects (Hello Reader Science, Level 3), Melvin Berger, Cartwheel
Catch Me If You Can!, Densey Clyne, Gareth Stevens Publishing
Chains, Webs, and Pyramids, Laurence Pringle, HarperCollins
Charlotte’s Web, E. B. White, HarperCollins
Children’s Guide to Insects and Spiders, Jinny Johnson, Simon & Schuster
Cicada Sing-Song (Nature Close-ups), Densey Clyne, Gareth Stevens Publishing
Crafts to Make in the Summer, Kathy Ross, Millbrook Press
Crinkleroot’s Guide to Knowing Butterflies and Moths, Jim Arnosky, Simon & Schuster
Designs for Coloring Butterflies, Ruth Heller, Grosset & Dunlap
Dream Weaver, Jonathan London, Harcourt Brace
Earthsong: Based on the Song “Over in the Endangered Meadow,” Sally Rogers, Dutton 
Earthwise at Play: A Guide to the Care and Feeding of Your Planet, Linda Lowery, First Avenue
Ecosystems and Food Chains, Francene Sabin, Troll CommunicationsEyewitness Explorers: Insects, Steve Parker, DK Publishers
Eyewitness Books: Insects, Laurence Mound, Alfred A. Knopf
Fireflies in the Night (Let’s Read and Find Out), Judy Hawes, Ty Crowell Co.
Fireflies!, Julie Brinckloe, Simon & Schuster, (Aladdin Paperbacks)
Five Little Ladybugs (Karyn Henley Stahlin Playsong Books), Karyn Henley, Tyndale
Food Chains, Peter Riley, Franklin Watts
Food Chains and Webs, Anita Ganeri, Heineman Library
From Caterpillar to Butterfly, Deborah Heiligman, Harper Trophy
Grasshoppers, Cheryl Coughlan, Pebble Books
Grasshoppers and Crickets, Theresa Greenaway, Raintree/Steck-Vaughn
Hey, Little Ant, Phillip M. Hoose, Tricycle Press
Hooray for Beekeeping!, Bobbie Kalaman, Crabtree Publishing
Hot Days, Jennifer S. Burke, Children’s Press
House Spider’s Life, John Himmelman, Children’s Press
How Do Flies Walk Upside Down? Question and Answers About Insects, Melvin Berger, 
How to Hide a Butterfly & Other Insects, Ruth Heller, Price Stern Sloan
How to Draw Insects, Barbara Soloff Levy, Dover Publications
How Spiders Make Their Webs (Nature’s Mysteries), Jill Bailey, Benchmark Books
How Do You Know It’s Summer?, Allan Fowler, Children’s Press
I Am a Part of Nature, Bobbie Kalman, Crabtree Publishing
I Didn’t Know That Spiders Have Fangs, Claire Llewellyn, Millbrook Press
I Didn’t Know that Some Bugs Glow in the Dark, Claire Llewellyn, Copper Beech Books
I Heard the Willow Weep, Toni Albert, Trickle Creek Books
In the Tall, Tall Grass, Denise Fleming, Henry Holt
Insectopedia: Poems and Paintings, Douglas Florian, Harcourt Brace
Insects Are My Life, Megan McDonald, Orchard Books
Inside and Outside Spiders, Sandra Markle, Antheneum
Inside an Ant Colony (Rookie Read-About Science), Allan Fowler, Children’s Press 
It Could Still Be a Butterfly (Rookie Read-About Science), Allan Fowler, Children’s Press
It’s Summertime, Elaine W. Goode, Good Books
It’s an Ant’s Life, Steve Parker, Reader’s Digest
It’s a Good Thing There Are Insects, Allan Fowler, Children’s Press
Itsy Bitsy Spider, Iza Trapani, Charlesbridge Publishing
Lady and the Spider, Faith McNulty, Harper Trophy
Ladybug, Ladybug, Ruth Brown, Puffin
Ladybug’s Life (Nature Upclose), John Himmelman, Children’s Press
Land We Live On (We Can Save the Earth), Jill Wheeler, Abdo & Daughters
Leaping Grasshoppers, Christine Zuchora-Walske, First Avenue Editions
Lemonade Sun: And Other Summer Poems, Rebecca Kal Dotlich, Boyds Mills Press
Life Cycle of a Grasshopper, Jill Bailey, Bookwright Press
Life Cycle of a Ladybug, Jill Bailey, Bookwright Press
Life Cycle of a Bee, Jill Bailey, Bookwright Press
Little Red Ant and the Great Big Crumb: A Mexican Fable, Shirley Climo, Clarion
Little Butterflies Stained Glass Coloring Book, John Green, Dover Publications
Love Earth: The Beauty Makeover (Target Earth), Shelly Nielsen, Abdo & Daughters
Loving the Earth: A Sacred Landscape Book for Children, Fredric Lehrman, Celestial Arts
Luna Moth’s Life, John Himmelman, Children’s Press
Monarch Butterfly of Aster Way (Smithsonian’s Backyard), Elizabeth Ring, Soundprints
Monarch Butterfly’s Life, John Himmelman, Children’s Press
Mosquito, Jill Bailey, Heinemann Library
Mowing, Jessie Haas, Greenwillow
My Monarch Journal, Connie Muther, Dawn Publications (Student Edition)
My Life as a Dragonfly: Swimmer to Flier, William Cruscial, Sawtooth Press
Oh Doug! A Dragonfly’s Day, Ann Leach, Take Flight Publications
Peterson First Guide to Butterflies and Moths, Paul A. Opler, Houghton Mifflin
Praying Mantis (Living Things), Rebecca Stefoff, Benchmark Books
Praying Mantises, Helen Frost, Pebble Books
Quick as a Cricket, Audrey Wood, Child’s Play
Rachael Carson: Listening to Crickets, Candice F Ransom, Carolrhoda Books
Silkworms, Donna Schaffer, Bridgestone Books
Sing Through the Day: Eighty Songs for Children, Marlys Swinger, Plough Publishing
Spectacular Spiders, Linda Glaser, Millbrook Press
Spider (Living Things), Rebecca Stefoff, Marshall Cavendish
Spider, Sabrina Crewe, Raintree/Steck Vaughn (black widow) 
Spider on the Floor, Raffi, Crown Publisher
Spider’s Lunch: All About Garden Spiders, Joanna Cole, Grosset & Dunlap
Spiders, Gail Gibbons, Holiday House
Spiders Spin Webs, Yvonne Winer, Charlesbridge Publishing
Spiders Are Not Insects, Allan Fowler, Children Press
Spinning Spiders, Ruth Berman, Lerner Publications
Spinning a Web (Big Book), Lisa Trumbauer, Newbridge Educational Publishing
Summer (Seasons), Gail Saunders-Smith, Pebble Books
Summer Solstice, Ellen Jackson, Millbrook Press
Summer (Simply Science), Darlene R. Stille, Compass Point Books
Summer, Ron Hirschi, Cobblehill
Summer: An Alphabet Acrostic, Steven Schnur, Clarion Books
Summertime Song, Irene Hass, Aladdin Paperbacks
Summertime in the Big Woods, Laura Ingalls Wilder, HarperCollins
Summery Saturday Morning, Margaret Mahy, Viking Children’s Press
Termite, Karen Hartley, Heineman Library
Thinking About Ants, Barbara Brenner, Mondo Publishing
Through a Termite City, Carole Telford, Heineman Library (Africa)
Trash! Trash! Trash!, Shelly Nielsen, Abdo & Daughters Publishing
Very Busy Spider, Eric Carle, Philomel Books
Very Quiet Cricket, Eric Carle, Philomel Books
Very Lonely Firefly, Eric Carle, Philomel Books
Very Clumsy Click Beetle, Eric Carle, Philomel Books
Waiting for Wings, Lois Ehlert, Harcourt Brace
Water Bugs, Helen Frost, Pebble Books
Water Insects (A Lerner Natural Science Book), Sylvia A. Johnson, Lerner Publications
Web of Life (Big Book), Melvin Berger, Newbridge Educational Publishing
Web Weavers and Other Spiders, Bobbie Kalman, Crabtree Publishing
What is a Biome?, Bobbie Kalman, Crabtree Publishing
What Is an Insect? (Science Emergent Reader), Susan Canizares, Scholastic Trade
What Are Food Chains and Webs?, Bobbie Kalman, Crabtree Publishing
Where Does the Butterfly Go When It Rains?, May Garelick, Mondo Pub
Where Butterflies Grow, Joanne Ryder, Puffin


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