Central Kansas Library System

Description

Book, Audiobook, eAudiobook

"Poetry about cool insects with accompanying fascinating facts"--

2) Diary of a spider

Author

Cronin, Doreen

Series

Diary of a

Language

English

Formats

Description

A young spider discovers, day by day, that there is a lot to learn about being a spider, including how to spin webs and avoid vacuum cleaners.

3) Ace Lacewing, Bug Detective

Author

Biedrzycki, David

Series

Ace Lacewing, Bug Detective volume 1
Ace Lacewing Bug Detective volume 1

Language

English

Formats

Description

Aided by his friends, Ace Lacewing, Bug Detective, sets out on the trail of kidnappers who took Queenie Bee.

4) James and the giant peach

Author

Dahl, Roald

Series

Roald Dahl collection

Language

English

Description

They don't belong: tracking invasive species
They don't belong tracking invasive species
They Don't Belong Tracking Invasive Species

A young boy escapes from two wicked aunts and embarks on a series of adventures with six giant insects he meets inside a giant peach.

5) Red imported fire ants: attacking everything

Author

Goldish, Meish

Series

Language

English

Formats

Description

"In this book, readers learn about the invasive fire ant"--

6) Hi, Fly Guy!

Author

Book, Audiobook, eAudiobook, eBook

Series

Fly Guy volume 1

Language

English

Formats

Description

Tedd Arnold's hilarious HI! FLY GUY, originally published in 2005, is now available in paperback with foil on the cover! Boy and fly meet and so begins a beautiful friendship. Er, and so begins a very funny friendship. Using hyperbole, puns, slapstick, and silly drawings, bestselling author/illustrator Tedd Arnold creates an easy reader that is full of fun. This book is a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor book!

7) The Dante Club: a novel

Author

Pearl, Matthew

Series

Dante Club novels (Matthew Pearl) volume 1

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

Iza Trapani’s Nursery Rhymes

Words Can Bleed. In 1865 Boston, the members of the Dante Club -- poets and Harvard professors Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, and James Russell Lowell, along with publisher J.T. Fields -- are finishing America's first translation of The Divine Comedy and preparing to unveil Dante's remarkable visions to the New World. The powerful Boston Brahmins at Harvard are fighting to keep Dante in obscurity, believing that the infiltration...

8) The itsy bitsy spider

Author

Trapani, Iza

Series

Language

English

Formats

Description

In this expanded version of a popular song, the itsy-bitsy spider's climbing is interrupted by a fan, a mouse, a cat, and some dew before she makes her way to the top of a tree to spin her web.

9) Gregor the Overlander

Author

Collins, Suzanne

Series

Underland chronicles volume 1

Language

English

Description

Another Sommer-time story

When eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister are pulled into a strange underground world, they trigger an epic battle involving humans, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders while on a quest foretold by ancient prophecy.

10) The ugly caterpillar

Author

Sommer, Carl

Series

Language

English

Description

Speckles the spider and Crumbs the cricket think a caterpillar is too ugly to be their friend, but Annie the ant insists that something beautiful might be inside.

11) Shoo, Fly Guy!

Author

Series

Fly Guy volume 3

Language

English

Formats

Description

World of Eric Carle
Step into reading. Step 3 book

The third book in a humorous, easy-to-read series about a boy and his fly! Each book in the series has a different fun foil cover! Fly Guy returns home to discover that Buzz has gone on a picnic without him! Sad and hungry, Fly Guy takes off in search of his favorite food. He gets shooed away from a hamburger, a pizza, a dog's bones, and even roadkill--leaving readers to guess what Fly Guy's favorite oozy, lumpy, smelly, and brown food could possibly...

12) The very quiet cricket

Author

Carle, Eric

Series

Language

English

Description

A very quiet cricket who wants to rub his wings together and make a sound as do so many other animals finally achieves his wish. The cricket's sound is reproduced at the end of the book.

13) Insects in Kansas

Author

Smith, Roger Cletus

Series

Kansas State University Manhattan. Extension Service volume B94
Extension bulletin volume B94

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

14) Quick as a cricket

Author

Wood, Audrey

Language

English

Formats

Description

A young boy describes himself as "loud as a lion," "quiet as a clam," "tough as a rhino," and "gentle as a lamb."

15) Fly high, Fly Guy!

Author

Series

Fly Guy volume 5

Language

English

Formats

Description

The fifth book in an award-winning, easy-to-read series about a boy and his pet fly, each book in the series has a fun foil cover! Mom and Dad won't let Fly Guy go along on the family road trip. They're afraid he'll get lost. But when Dad accidentally shuts him in the trunk, Fly Guy goes along for the ride! First, Fly Guy gets lost at the picnic site--but he shows up in the garbage can. Then he gets lost at the art museum, but he shows up as part...

16) Super Fly Guy!

Author

Series

Fly Guy volume 2
Developing reader volume Level 2
Scholastic reader. Level 2

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook

Description

Cat in the Hat's learning library

The second book in a humorous, easy-to-read series about a boy and his fly! Books have foil covers! Fly Guy loves the school lunchroom. He loves the dirty dishes, the smelly mop, and the garbage cans. But when the lunch ladies discover there's a fly in the cafeteria, chaos ensues! Though Fly Guy makes a mess of things, he also shows his powers as a Super Fly Guy!Using hyperbole, puns, slapstick, and silly drawings, bestselling author/illustrator...

17) On beyond bugs!

Author

Rabe, Tish

Series

Publisher

Random House

Language

English

Description