20 Fun Facts About Centipedes (Fun Fact File)

Elkin, Matthew

ISBN 10: 1433982307 ISBN 13: 9781433982309

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Pub, 2013

Synopsis

Most people are familiar with the common house centipede. This long-legged bug is often found hiding in dark closets and damp basements. However, the house centipede is just one of many kinds of centipedes living all over the world. Centipedes come in many sizes and colors, but they all have one thing in commonlots of legs. Readers will enjoy the informative and engaging text paired with brilliant photographs of the worlds most interesting centipedes.

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From Booklist

Just like the publisher’s Fun Fact File: Fierce Fish! series, the Fun Fact File: Bugs! series presents a basic bulleted list of facts, about one fact per page, beefed up by a few sentences of information, engaging captions, and bright photographs. Naturally, the basics are covered, including anatomy, eating habits, and offspring, but with 20 slots to fill, there’s plenty of room for delightfully random esoterica, too. Centipedes uncovers info on the arthropods (and uncovers is the right word, as they commonly hide in cool, dark places like under rocks and, yes, in your bathroom) and features the ickiest conceivable photo: a centipede devouring a rat. So much is covered so quickly and effectively that it’s a surprise that global maps are entirely absent. Regardless, these are ideal launching points for reports for kids who enjoy delivering the shivers. Grades 2-4. --Daniel Kraus

About this edition

• Publisher: Gareth Stevens Pub
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1433982307
• ISBN 13: 9781433982309
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 32