On Beyond Bugs: All about Insects
(Cat in the Hat's Learning Library)

Author

Tish Rabe

Illustrator

Aristides Ruiz

Publication Date

October 12, 1999

Genre / Grade Band

Non-fiction / 2^nd − 3^rd

Language

English

Format

Picture Book

On Beyond Bugs: All about Insects (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library)

Hardcover

Description

Catch the bug buzz and learn all about insects with the Cat in the Hat--a perfect gift for little scientists on Earth Day and every day! The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library is a nonfiction picture book series that introduces beginning readers ages 5-8 to important basic concepts. Find out all you ever wanted to know about insects when the Cat in the Hat and friends get an up-close view of life as a bug. Kids will learn how insects -- from the spittlebug to the honeybee to the moth -- see, smell, communicate, and pollinate, as well as sometimes pester and amaze and generally make life better for us humans. Featuring beloved characters from Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat, the Learning Library are unjacketed hardcover picture books that explore a range of nonfiction topics about the world we live in and include an index, glossary, and suggestions for further reading.

Publication date

October 12, 1999

Genre

Non-fiction

ISBN-13

9780679873037

Lexile Measure

580

Publisher

Random House Books for Young Readers

Series

Cat in the Hat's Learning Library

BISAC categories

Library of Congress categories

Insects

School Library Journal

K-Gr 3-Fans of Dr. Seuss's favorite feline will enjoy learning through rhymed couplets and cartoonlike illustrations similar to the originals. Each book combines basic facts with interesting trivia to introduce readers to topics that are sure to be of interest. From Bugs: "Here is a riddle/I learned from my mother./How's a skunk and a ladybug/like one another?/When danger is near,/it is easy to tell-/they suddenly give off/a terrible smell!" While the grammar is off, Seussian rhyme is rarely totally correct ("thunk"). In Space, readers learn, "On Venus the weather/is always the same-/hot, dry, and windy,/with no chance of rain." The familiar format and entertaining text are sure to appeal to beginning readers.-Maura Bresnahan, Shawsheen School, Andover, MA Copyright 2000 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Tish Rabe

Dr. Seuss is quite simply the most beloved children's book author in the world.

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