Insects, Spiders, Bugs
Aardema, V. [1975]. (1993). Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears. New York:
Dial Books. Also available in Afrikaans, Braille, Chinese, Dutch, Japanese,
Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, and as an audio recording. VHS, computer
software
Aylesworth, J., & Gammell, S. [1992]. (1998). Old black fly. New York: Henry
Holt. Also available in Braille and as an audio recording. VHS
*Barner, B. (1999). Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! San Francisco: Chronicle Books. Also
available in Korean.
*Bourgoing, P. de, & Pérols, S. [1989]. (1991). The ladybug and other insects.
New York: Scholastic.
Brinckloe, J. [1985]. (1986). Fireflies! New York: Aladdin Books. Also available
in Braille.
Carle, E. [1969]. (2003). The very hungry caterpillar. New York: Philomel. Also
available in Braille, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Gujarati, Hebrew,
Italian, Japanese, Persian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese, Welsh, and as an
audio recording. VHS and Big Book
Carle, E. [1977]. (2001). The grouchy ladybug. Bethany MO: Fitzgerald Books.
Also available in Braille, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, and as
an audio recording. Big Book
Carle, E. [1984]. (2000). The very busy spider. New York: Philomel. Also
available in Braille, Chinese, German, Italian, Japanese, and as an audio
recording.
Carle, E. [1990]. (2000). The very quiet cricket. New York: Penguin Putnam Books
for Young Readers. Also available in Italian, Japanese, Persian, Spanish, and
as an audio recording. VHS
Carle, E. [1995]. (1999). The very lonely firefly. New York: Philomel Books. Also
available in Chinese, German, and Japanese.
Carter, D. (1997). Busy bugs, lazy bugs. New York: Little Simon Books.
Cole, H. [1995]. (1997). Jack's Garden. New York: Mulberry Books.
*Danks, H. [1987]. The bug book and the bug bottle. New York: Sommerville
House.
*Dell’Oro, S. P. [2001]. (2003). Tunneling earthworms. Minneapolis, MN:
Learner.
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Egielski, R. [1995]. (1998). Buz. New York: Harper Trophy.
*Fowler, A. (1996). It could still be a worm. Danbury, CT: Children’s Press.
*Fowler, A. (1996). Spiders are not insects. Danbury, CT: Children’s Press.
*Fuhr, U., & Sautai, R. (1997). Bees (First Discovery Book). New York:
Scholastic.
*Fredericks, A. D., & DiRubbio, J. [2001]. (2004). Under one rock: Bugs, slugs
and other ughs. Nevada City, CA: Dawn Publishing.
*Gibbons, G. [1996]. (2001). The honey makers. New York: Scholastic.
Greenberg, D. T., & Munsinger, L. (1997). Bugs! Boston: Little, Brown. Also
available in French.
*Heiligman, D., & Weissman, B. [1996]. (2001). From caterpillar to butterfly.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Big Book
Hooker, Y., &Vanetti, G. (1981). The little green caterpillar. New York: Grosset
& Dunlap.
*Himmelman, J. (2000). An earthworm’s life. Danbury, CT: Children’s Press.
Kirk, D. [1994]. (2003). Miss Spider's tea party. New York: Scholastic. Also
available in Braille, Chinese, French, and Hebrew. Computer software
Kirk, D. [1997]. (2003). Miss Spider's tea party: The counting book. New York:
Scholastic.
*Kneidel, S., & Magellan, M. (1994). Pet bugs: A kid's guide to catching and
keeping catchable insects. New York: Wiley.
*Kranking, K., & Kest, K. (1998). The bug book. New York: Western.
*Laughlin, R. (1996). Backyard bugs. San Francisco: Chronicle Books.
McNulty, F., * Marstall, B. (1987). The lady and the spider. New York: Harper &
Row. Also available in Braille and Sign Language
Moncure, J., & Hohag, L. [1988]. (1993). Butterfly express. Columbus, OH:
American Education. Also available in Spanish.
Mueller, V., & Munsigner, L. [1986]. (1988). Monster can't sleep. New York:
Puffin Books.
Murphy, S. J., & Keller, H. [1996]. (2000). The best bug parade. London: Collins.
Pallotta, J., & Masiello, R. [1992]. (2004). The icky bug counting book.
Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge. Also available in Braille.
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Pallotta, J., & Masiello, R. [1986]. (2004). The icky bug alphabet book.
Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge.
Parent N., Phillipson, A., Saunders, S., & DiCicco Digital Arts. (1998). A bug's
life: Can you find the difference? New York: Mouse Works.
*Rockwell, A., & Jenkins, S. (2001). (2003). Bugs are insects. New York:
Scholastic. Also available in Braille.
*Ryder, J., & Cherry, L. [1989]. (1996). Where butterflies grow. New York: Puffin
Unicorn.
Sardegna, J., & Arnold, T. (1994). The roly poly spider. New York: Scholastic.
Also available as an audio recording.
*Rabe, T., & Ruiz, A. (1999). On beyond bugs! All about insects. New York:
Random House.
Sturges, P., & Vojtech, A. [1995]. (1997). Ten flashing fireflies. New York: NorthSouth Books.
Trapani, I. [1993]. (2000). The itsy bitsy spider. New York: Scholastic. Also
available in Braille and as an audio recording. Big Book
Van Allsburg, C. [1988]. (1997). Two bad ants. New York: Scholastic. Also
available in Braille, French, Japanese, and Korean.
*VanCleave, J. P. (1998). Play and find out about bugs: Easy experiments for
young children. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
West, C. [1996]. (1997). "Buzz, buzz, buzz," went Bumblebee. Cambridge, MA:
Candlewick Press.
*Whalley, P., Keates, C., King, D., & Taylor, K. (1988). (2000). Butterfly and
moth. New York: Dorling Kindersely. Also available in Chinese, German,
Polish, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Whatley, B., Garcia, J., & Grisman, D. (1999). There ain't no bugs on me. New
York: HarperCollins. Also available as an audio recording.
Wood, A. [1982]. (2002). Quick as a cricket. New York: Child’s Play. Also
available in Braille, Italian, Spanish, and as an audio recording. VHS
*Young, C., Khanduri, K., & Jackson, I. [1996]. (1998). The big bug search. New
York: Scholastic. Also available in Spanish.
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