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Starred Review How to Build an Insect

  • Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 3
  • Reading Level: Grade 2

See what the buzz is about in this fresh, fun look at insect anatomy.

Let’s build an insect! In the pages of this book, you’ll find a workshop filled with everything you need, including a head, a thorax, an abdomen, and much more. Written by entomologist Roberta Gibson and accompanied by delightfully detailed illustrations by Anne Lambelet, this wonderfully original take on insect anatomy will spark curiosity and engage even those who didn’t think they liked creepy, crawly things!

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978-1-5415-7811-1
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Interest Level Kindergarten - Grade 3
Reading Level Grade 2
Genre Picture Books, Science
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Expository Literature, Animals
Copyright 2021
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Millbrook Press ™
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2021-04-06
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS JNF003120, JNF051030, JNF051150
Dewey 745.5
Dimensions 9.25 x 11
Lexile 490
Guided Reading Level M
Features Activities, Author/Illustrator biography, Awards, Charts/Graphs/Diagrams, Glossary, Reviewed, Starred Reviews, Teaching Guides, and eSource

Awards

  • Notable Award The German edition Komm, wir entdecken ein Insekt! was nominated for the German Children's Literature Award in the Nonfiction Category, Nominated, 2024
  • Notable Award NCTE Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts, Winner, 2022
  • Notable Award Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2022
  • North Carolina Children's Book Award Nominee, Nominated, 2022

Reviews

Booklist

Reviewed on 15 April 2021

“An ideal book for turning STEM into STEAM.”—Booklist

Kirkus Reviews

Reviewed on 1 March 2021

“Distinctive and fun.”—Kirkus Reviews

Starred Review School Library Journal

Reviewed on 1 March 2021

“Gibson and Lambelet provide a fun, instructional easy reader text and a science project for children. . . . A must-buy for elementary school and public libraries.”—starred, School Library Journal