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Picture Book · Ages 5–8 · 1996 · Est. 8 min read-aloud
Monster Bugs
By Lucille Recht Penner, Pamela Johnson (Illustrator)
Discover bugs with deadly secrets and monstrous sizes.
3.9/5 Goodreads · 79 ratings
48 pages· 965 words· Est. 8 min read-aloud
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Bookroo's summary
Dive into a world where water bugs drink blood and assassin bugs liquefy prey. Meet the Goliath beetle and tarantula in this thrilling exploration of nature's most fearsome insects. What other creepy secrets will you uncover?
From the publisher
Best-selling simplifier of science Lucille Recht Penner unearths the truthabout the water bug which sucks its victims’ blood like a vampire, the assassinbug which turns its prey to mush with a special poison, and other barbaricbugs. This vividly illustrated collection of sensational but true bug facts issure to set young readers’ skin crawling!
At a glance
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 48
- Words
- 965
- Reading age
- 5–8
- Audience
- Early Reader
- Lexile
- 640L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 3.2
- F&P level
- ~P
- AR points
- 0.5
- AR interest level
- LG
- AR quiz
- 14634
Publication
- Published
- March 12, 1996
- First published
- March 1, 1996
- Publisher
- Random House Books for Young Readers
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Picture Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9780679869740
- LCCN
- 2002013442
- OCLC
- 50684153
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