Backyard Insects

by Millicent E. Selsam

Text and photographs discuss common garden insects and their protective appearence which includes camouflage, warning colors, copycat characteristics, and scary characteristics.

Genres: Nature, Science, Picture Books, Childrens, Nonfiction

40 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

Millicent Ellis Selsam was was a biologist and teacher who wrote natural science literature for children.

Reviews

[Kelly]

An excellent introduction. Another great Selsam book.

[Jen Goeden]

The book Backyard Insects is about all different kinds of insects that could live in your backyard. It also tells a little bit about each insect that could be just out your back door.

The book Backyard Insects would be a great book to share with your students when you are studying insects in science. The form of the book is a description book with real photos of the insects. The photos in the book could be a little more colorful but do a great job showing what the insects look like in real life. This book would be a good book to read out loud to your class. If you had a small class you could have each student do on insect and have them do a like report on it. They could use the internet to find more information and draw their own picture of the insects.

[Becca Dunlap]

This book is incredibly insightful for all ages. It teaches readers of everyday insects they encounter in their very own back yeard: "Hidden insects" that blend into their environment like months, to "Copycat insects" like the monarch and viceroy butterflies. Everyone will learn something!