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Animals Are Poisonous
Ages 5–8 · 2000
The Life Cycle of a Praying Mantis
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$2496
Picture Book · Ages 5–10 · 2001
The Life Cycle of a Praying Mantis
By Andrew Hipp, Dwight Kuhn (Illustrator)
Part of the The Life Cycles Library series
Discover the life of a predator that devours creatures its own size and beyond.
3.8/5 Goodreads · 5 ratings
24 pages
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Bookroo's summary
Explore the world of the praying mantis, a predator that consumes insects, mice, and even hummingbirds. Follow its journey from birth through molts to adulthood, revealing its fascinating life cycle and behaviors. What drives this fearsome creature to sometimes turn on its own kind? Uncover the secrets of its survival and reproduction in a world where it reigns as a formidable hunter.
From the publisher
The praying mantis is a fearsome predator, eating insects many times its own size, as well as the occasional mouse, salamander, and even hummingbird. Hungry mantises may even gobble up other mantises. This book details the life cycle of these fascinating carnivores, from birth through various molts and into adulthood.
At a glance
- Format
- Library Binding
- Pages
- 24
- Reading age
- 5–10
- Audience
- Picture
- Lexile
- ~750L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 4.8
- F&P level
- ~R
- Scholastic level
- N
- AR points
- 0.5
- AR interest level
- LG
- AR quiz
- 58458
Publication
- Published
- December 30, 2001
- First published
- August 1, 2001
- Publisher
- Powerkids Pr
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Picture Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9780823958672
- LCCN
- 2001000149
- OCLC
- 45830043
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