Mosquito Bite Revised Edition Contributor(s): Siy, Alexandra (Author), Kunkel, Dennis (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1570915911 ISBN-13: 9781570915918 Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2005 Annotation: As children play hide-and-seek on a hot summer night, a mosquito, Culex, hides and seeks as well. She must find food--blood--to nourish the eggs in her body. Black-and-white photos relate the children's hide-and-seek story line, while astonishing colorized photographs taken with an electron microscope give close-up views of Culex and her world. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals - Insects, Spiders, Etc. - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Zoology |
Dewey: 595.772 |
LCCN: 2004018959 |
Lexile Measure: 920 |
Physical Information: 0.41" H x 9.28" W x 9.28" (0.77 lbs) 32 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 87692 Reading Level: 4.9 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: READY-OR-NOT-HERE-I-COME. The boy listens. The girl is getting closer. Suddenly, there's another sound. A droning buzz. Something else is looking for the boy. The seeker is a mosquito, Culex pipiens, and her search is a matter of life and death. She must find food--blood--to nourish the hundreds of tiny eggs inside her body. Black-and-white photographs show the children's game of hide-and-seek, while astonishing micrographs show Culex and her world as seen through an electron microscope. Zoom in for a close-up view: A blade of grass looks like a menacing field of spines. A mosquito's eye becomes a bundle of tightly packed tubes. Discover the life story of a mosquito from a truly larger-than-life point of view. |