Insects Do the Strangest Things

By Leonora Hornblow, Arthur Hornblow, Michael K. Frith (illustrator)

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Book by Leonora and Arthur Hornblow

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1 author picked Insects Do the Strangest Things as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I’m a science junky, but I don’t like textbooks. I want excitement in my learning. The Hornblows had me with their table of contents.

Chapters have names like The Runaround, The Home-Wrecker, The Green Grabber, The Bug Boats. The text keeps up the enthusiasm with descriptions of Flea Circuses, how silk worms are really caterpillars that take three days to encase themselves in silk thread, and they include a chapter about one bug has the wonderful name of Whirligig because it whirls every which way.

I recommend this book to anyone who likes to learn about bugs and science in…

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