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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Check out the action at a nearby pond where a master predator is on the hunt-a diving beetle! This skillful insect is after larvae, small fish, salamanders, and other prey. Key body parts make a diving beetle an effective hunter. When it spots a target, the beetle's body traps an air bubble, which it uses to breathe underwater for up to 10 to 15 minutes! Its legs act like oars to move it quickly through the water. A smooth, waxy coat helps too. The...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Take a closer look at nature's amazing insect architect-the hornet! Each year, a young female hornet queen selects just the right spot and designs a nest of six-sided cells. Every cell is made from a paper-like material she creates by mixing wood with her own saliva. Once she has a small structure, she lays an egg in each cell and raises her young. Soon the queen has a whole family of workers, which continue to build more cells and increase the size...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Pay attention to these insects on the move-locusts! Usually, locusts live alone. When there is lots of food, the locust population grows. But when the weather turns dry and grasses die, the locusts are forced to live close together, and they go through amazing changes. Their colors become brighter, and their eyes become larger. They fly off in great swarms searching for food. Millions of locusts might land in a farmer's field and have a feast. When...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
See for yourself one of the most amazing masters of change in the insect kingdom-the Luna moth! Hatching from a tiny egg, the Luna moth begins its life as a caterpillar just 0.11 inch (3 millimeters) long. An eating machine, the caterpillar grows and sheds its skin-or molts-four times. Then it stitches a silk cocoon among the fallen leaves and becomes a pupa. Inside the pupa, the insect's body dissolves and reforms. After about six months, the insect...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Look out for these public enemy's-mosquitoes-as they are after blood! Mosquito females need a meal of blood before they can lay their eggs. They target humans and animals and zoom in for a feast. But these insects may do more harm than causing itchy welts. Mosquitoes can also pass along a number of serious and deadly diseases to those they bite. Humans have developed a number of ways to get rid of mosquitoes, from spreading chemicals to putting mosquito...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Look quickly and you might just see one of nature's insect heroes on the hunt-praying mantises! With their incredible hunting skills, mantises help rid farms and gardens of insect pests that bother humans. Praying mantises have big eyes that face forward, heads that can turn, and spines on their front legs to spear their prey. And they are stealthy. Even tiny newly hatched mantises know how to remain still and hide until a prey insect appears. Then-like...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Watch out for these masters of defense-stick insects! Their secret weapon is being able to hide in plain sight. To protect themselves from predators, they have developed long, narrow bodies. They blend right in to the branches they live on. Some stick insects even have extra growths that look like leaves for more camouflage. Stick insects also protect themselves by being most active at night when it is even harder to see them. They escape from predators...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Watch one of nature's hardest-working insect families in action-termites! Hundreds of thousands of termites can live together in one nest. The termite queen spends her life laying eggs. The eggs hatch into workers that clean the queen, watch over the eggs, search for food, tend the nest's gardens, and guard the nest and each other. But a termite family's most amazing feat is building the huge mound that protects the nest. Thousands of tiny termites...
9) Ants
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In Ants, emergent readers will learn where ants live and how they find food. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they discover the fascinating and busy world of ants.
A labeled diagram helps readers identify an ant's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about ants online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Ants...
10) Beetles
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In Beetles, young readers will learn to identify different types of beetles. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage early readers as they discover what different types of beetles look like.
A labeled diagram helps readers identify a beetle's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about beetles online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites....
11) Butterflies
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In Butterflies, early readers will learn about the life cycle of a butterfly and discover how this insect finds food. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they discover the beautiful world of butterflies.
A labeled diagram helps readers identify a butterfly's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about butterflies online using our safe search engine that...
12) Crickets
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In Crickets, early readers will learn about the life cycle of a cricket and discover why these insects chirp. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage emergent readers as they enter the fascinating world of crickets.
A labeled diagram helps readers identify a cricket's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about crickets online using our safe search engine that provides relevant,...
13) Honeybees
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"This photo-illustrated book for early readers tells how honeybees make honey. Includes picture glossary"--Provided by publisher.
14) Ladybugs
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In Ladybugs, young readers will learn about the life cycle of a ladybug. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage early readers as they discover the fascinating world of this colorful insect.
A labeled diagram helps readers identify a ladybug's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about ladybugs online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites....
15) Cicadas
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"This photo-illustrated book for early readers tells about the life cycle of cicadas. Includes picture glossary"--
16) Cockroaches
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In Cockroaches, beginning readers will learn how cockroaches find food and defend themselves from predators. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they discover the world of cockroaches.
A labeled diagram helps readers identify a cockroach's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about cockroaches online using our safe search engine that provides relevant,...
17) Dragonflies
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In Dragonflies, early readers will learn about the physical characteristics of dragonflies and discover how this unique insect hunts for food. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage emergent readers as they discover the fascinating world of dragonflies.
A labeled diagram helps readers identify the insect's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about dragonflies online using...
18) Fireflies
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In Fireflies, early readers will learn about the life cycle of a firefly, and find out why the insect flashes its lights. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage emergent readers as they discover the fascinating world of fireflies.
A labeled diagram helps readers identify the insect's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about fireflies online using our safe search engine...
19) Grasshoppers
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In Grasshoppers, beginning readers will learn how grasshoppers find food and defend themselves from predators. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they discover the world of grasshoppers.
A labeled diagram helps readers identify a grasshopper's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about grasshoppers online using our safe search engine that provides...
20) Mosquitoes
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In Mosquitoes, early readers will learn about the life cycle of a mosquito and discover how the insect finds food. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage emergent readers as they discover the fascinating world of mosquitoes.
A labeled diagram helps readers identify the insect's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about mosquitoes online using our safe search engine that...
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