Berthoud Community Library District

BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS is a colorful and informative guide to this popular group of insects. Beginners and experts will enjoy new discoveries on every page. Known in scientific circles as Lepidoptera, butterflies and moths, while closely related, display wildly different characteristics. At a glance we can usually tell a butterfly from a moth by whether it flies during the day or the night. Butterflies are day flyers, and moths are most often nocturnal....

Join Izzy the Owl, Benita the beaver, Sammy the Skunk, Miss Sally the Salamander, and Skip the Rabbit as they explore the wonderful world around them!

While small in size, insects and minibeasts are large in number. Beetles, which have four hundred thousand different species, make up a quarter of all animals on earth. As students study spiders, leeches, scorpions, and more, they will learn about the foundation that insects provide for all other animals. They will learn just how important they are for the environment, too. Through lively images and easy-to-follow text, readers will encounter the...

Introduces readers to many fascinating mammals that either hunt for their food or are related to animals that do.

Dung beetles are the world's strongest animals. They are famous for rolling animal poop around. Their gross job is important to the world. Find out more facts about these strong insects.

Students will read about snakes that can swallow their prey whole, turtles that hibernate by burying themselves in mud, and color-changing chameleons.

"Quokkas might be the cutest animals you've never heard of. These furry little creatures look like a cross between a kangaroo and a squirrel. Get fun details about this adorable Australian animal"--Provided by publisher.