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Many insects drink nectar and collect pollen from flowers, and in the process they help plants reproduce. Listeners will investigate how bees, butterflies, ants, and other insects assist in pollination. Simple text helps listeners understand key ideas and details about this important science concept.

How is honey made from a flower? Follow each step in nature's cycle - from pretty bloom to tasty treat - in this fascinating book!

This nonfiction book for elementary kids chronicles the amazing voyage of Nefertiti, the Spidernaut to the International Space Station and back. She’s a Phiddipus johnsonii, or Johnson jumping spider, native to Western United States. Her colorful anatomy - red, black, and teal - made for stunning photography and video. In 2012, Nefertitti clocked a record-breaking 100 days in space, during which time she circled Earth about 1584 times, traveling about 41,580,000 miles.

Learn about Zoos and Insects! Zoos: Songs that teach about mammals, amphibians, reptiles, animal families and more! Insects: Songs that teach about entomology, “true bugs”, the importance of insects, metamorphosis and more!

The monarch is perhaps the best known of all North American butterflies. Young listeners will learn about the monarch's cycles, from eggs, to larva stage, to pupa stage, to becoming the adult butterfly.

Flying insects have two or four wings and muscles that move their wings, much like birds. Some insects can hover or even fly backwards. In this audiobook, kids will learn about insects that fly.

Learn about the many intriguing aspects of spiders, including their body parts and structure, their habitat and how it supports them, and how they use webs to catch their next meal. Chapter headings assist listeners with locating information and main ideas.

Discover the many unique aspects of centipedes, including their body parts and structure, their habitat and how it supports them, and their most fascinating behaviors. Helpful chapter headings assist listeners with locating information and main ideas.

With this fascinating audiobook, award-winning journalist Richard Conniff satisfies your cravings for the thrill and horror of formication - that chilling sensation of something crawling across your skin. Blending humor and sophistication, he introduces you to a host of spineless creatures, from moths to leeches, and the extraordinary enthusiasts who study them. For over 20 years, the author has trekked through jungles, oceans, and deserts in search of invertebrates.

Simple science text gives a close-up account of the fascinating world of the dung beetle. When an animal lightens its load, dung beetles race to the scene. They battle over, devour, hoard, and lay their eggs in the precious poop. Dung is food, drink, and fuel for new life - as crucial to these beetles as the beetles are to many habitats, including our own.

知れば知るほど面白い生き物の世界をユーモアたっぷりに解説！不思議にあふれた生き物の世界。それはジャングルやサバンナでなくても、ごく身近な場所、例えば学校の

知れば知るほど面白い生き物の世界をユーモアたっぷりに解説！不思議にあふれた生き物の世界。それはジャングルやサバンナでなくても、ごく身近な場所、例えば学校の

知れば知るほど面白い生き物の世界をユーモアたっぷりに解説！不思議にあふれた生き物の世界。それはジャングルやサバンナでなくても、ごく身近な場所、例えば学校の

知れば知るほど面白い生き物の世界をユーモアたっぷりに解説！不思議にあふれた生き物の世界。それはジャングルやサバンナでなくても、ごく身近な場所、例えば学校の

Lolli and Pops are excited about the birth of their grandson, Sage, A.K.A., Bugzee. The new grandparents want to honor Bugzee by building an apiary for honeybees in their backyard. This narrative non-fiction story follows Lolli and Pops as they prepare for the arrival of their bees. This book is an entry point into the world of beekeeping for “beeks” of all ages.

By digging in the dirt, earthworms help plants thrive. This engaging and easy-to-understand text introduces emergent book explorers to the important role earthworms play in gardening.

Honey bees play an important role in the environment. But what makes them ecosystem engineers? From how they pollinate plants to how their actions benefit other animals, learn all about these tiny but mighty insects.

Busy bees are buzzing around the garden! Learn how bees help grow gardens through pollination. Pairs with the fiction title Blossom and the Daisies.

Butterflies bloom as delicately as flowers in this magnificent story of beginnings, middles and ends: eggs, caterpillars, and finally butterflies.

Did you know that there are more insects than any other group of animals? The diversity of insects is staggering. What do ants have in common with bees? What’s the difference between a butterfly and a moth? How are ladybugs and weevils related? Some insects have a set of wings, some have two, but others might not have any. Some insects have a hard outer shell (exoskeleton). Learn how insects are alike and how they are different in this latest addition to the Compare and Contrast Series.