Chirping Crickets

by Melvin Berger

Other authorsMegan Lloyd (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 1998

Status

Available

Call number

ZOOL

Tags

insects, bugs, crickets

Genres

Publication

HarperCollins Canada / Let's Read & F (1998), 32 pages

Description

Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of crickets while giving particular emphasis to how they chirp.

User reviews

LibraryThing member DayehSensei
This book gives a solid introduction into the life cycle of a cricket and basic information about crickets' body parts. Students will enjoy learning how and why a cricket chirps and where the ear on a cricket is located (behind the front knees!). The illustrations are high quality. There is also
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 ideas for extensions (building a cricket model, jumping like a cricket) and how to keep a pet cricket in the back. This is a high quality book, and I would recommend it to any elementary science teacher. I think it would be better with real photographs and/or source notes.
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LibraryThing member wichitafriendsschool
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
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 the temperature by counting a cricket's chirps.
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Subjects

Crickets
Crickets Juvenile literature

Awards

SB&F Best Science Books for Children (1999)
NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K–12 (1999)

Language

English

Original language

English

Physical description

32 p.; 10 inches

ISBN

0060249625 / 9780060249625

Barcode

816

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