How It Works: Insects

Description

Packed with stunning cut-away illustrations, photos, fascinating facts and accessible text, young readers are guided on an amazing journey into the incredible world of insects by expert author, Gerald Legg. Discover the fascinating secret world of insects with expert author, Gerald Legg. With stunning photographs and cutaway illustrations, How It Works: Insects reveals how these amazing creatures hunt, eat, move, build nests, and more. From the inside of an ant nest to a close-up look at a head louse, explore the astonishing insects that live in our world's rainforests, ponds, deserts and woodlands. AGES: 7 plus SELLING POINTS: . Key topics explained . Clear authoritative text with overviews and fact features, specially written to enthral young readers . Stunning large-format cut-away illustrations with engaging diagrams . Works as both a quick reference tool and an in-depth resource

Dr Gerald Legg spent several years in West Africa as a lecturer and tropical forest researcher and was keeper of Biology at the Booth Museum of Natural History in Brighton for almost 40 years before retiring in 2012. Author of a number of natural history books for children, and expert scientific consultant on many others, Dr Legg now devotes his time to his numerous interests in various areas of natural history and you can see his work on his website, www.chelifer.com