| Chirping Crickets Contributor(s): Berger, Melvin (Author), Lloyd, Megan (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0064451801 ISBN-13: 9780064451802 Publisher: HarperCollins OUR PRICE: $5.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1998 Annotation: Chirp! Chirp! Chirp! That's the sound crickets make. You've probably heard them chirp on a summer evening. But did you know that they make their chirping sounds by rubbing their wings together, and that only male crickets can chirp? Inside this book you'll learn about crickets, and even how to tell the temperature by counting a cricket's chirps. Melvin Berger and Megan Lloyd have created a wonderful introduction to a fascinating insect: the cricket.Chirrrp, chirrrp, chirrrpthats the sound of crickets on a summer evening. A male cricket makes this sound by rubbing his legs against a bumpy vein on his wing. Find out more about crickets, including how they hear with their knees, in this stunningly illustrated introduction to the cricket.
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals - Insects, Spiders, Etc. - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Zoology - Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts - Sounds |
| Dewey: 595.726 |
| LCCN: 96051661 |
| Lexile Measure: 590 |
| Series: Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science 2 |
| Physical Information: 0.12" H x 9.83" W x 8.01" (0.27 lbs) 32 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 25246 Reading Level: 3.6 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Read and find out about crickets in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book. Chirrrp, chirrrp, chirrrp--thats the sound of crickets on a summer evening. A male cricket makes this sound by rubbing his legs against a bumpy vein on his wing. Find out more about crickets, including how they hear with their knees, in Melvin Berger and Megan Lloyd's stunningly illustrated introduction to the cricket. This is a clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. It's a Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are:
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Contributor Bio(s): Berger, Melvin: - Melvin Berger is the author of many classic LRFOs, including Germs Make Me Sick!, Oil Spills! and Why I Cough, Sneeze, Shiver, Hiccup, and Yawn, as well as other nonfiction on the Harper backlist. He lives in East Hampton, NY.Lloyd, Megan: - Megan Lloyd has illustrated more than forty books for children, including The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams, Thanksgiving at the Tappletons' by Eileen Spinelli, and The Mixed-Up Rooster by Pamela Duncan Edwards. She lives with her husband on a farm in Pennsylvania, where she raises sheep, chickens, and cows. Some of the rabbits from her vegetable garden have even been kind enough to allow Ms. Lloyd to sketch them as models for this book. Berger, Melvin: -Melvin Berger is the author of many classic LRFOs, including Germs Make Me Sick!, Oil Spills! and Why I Cough, Sneeze, Shiver, Hiccup, and Yawn, as well as other nonfiction on the Harper backlist. He lives in East Hampton, NY. |