Insect World

Take a closer look at nature's amazing insect architect-the hornet! Each year, a young female hornet queen selects just the right spot and designs a nest of six-sided cells. Every cell is made from a paper-like material she creates by mixing wood with her own saliva. Once she has a small structure, she lays an egg in each cell and raises her young. Soon the queen has a whole family of workers, which continue to build more cells and increase the size of the hive. These workers also hunt insects for food, care for the queen and her young, and protect the nest. In this exciting book, you can learn what makes hornets similar to and different from other insects. Close-up diagrams reveal extraordinary details about hornets' bodies, both inside and out. And you can perform an activity that helps you understand how a female hornet queen creates the paper-like material for her nest. Learn more about this exciting member of nature's fascinating Insect World!

In Honeybees, emergent readers will discover how this fascinating insect makes honey. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn about the life of a honeybee. A labeled diagram helps readers identify a honeybee's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about honeybees online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Honeybees also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, and an index. Honeybees is part of Jump!'s Insect World series.

In Grasshoppers, beginning readers will learn how grasshoppers find food and defend themselves from predators. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they discover the world of grasshoppers. A labeled diagram helps readers identify a grasshopper's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about grasshoppers online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Grasshoppers also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, and an index. Grasshoppers is part of Jump!'s Insect World series.

In Cicadas, beginning readers will learn about the life cycle of a cicada and discover how this insect finds a mate. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they discover the world of cicadas. A labeled diagram helps readers identify a cicada's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about cicadas online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Cicadas also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, and an index.

In Mosquitoes, early readers will learn about the life cycle of a mosquito and discover how the insect finds food. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage emergent readers as they discover the fascinating world of mosquitoes. A labeled diagram helps readers identify the insect's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about mosquitoes online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Mosquitoes also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, and an index. Mosquitoes is part of Jump!'s Insect World series.

In Ants, emergent readers will learn where ants live and how they find food. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they discover the fascinating and busy world of ants. A labeled diagram helps readers identify an ant's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about ants online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Ants also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, and an index. Ants is part of Jump!'s Insect World series.

In Stink Bugs, beginning readers will learn how stink bugs hunt for food and defend themselves from predators. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they discover the world of stink bugs. A labeled diagram helps readers identify a stink bug's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about stink bugs online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Stink Bugs also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, and an index.

In Butterflies, early readers will learn about the life cycle of a butterfly and discover how this insect finds food. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they discover the beautiful world of butterflies. A labeled diagram helps readers identify a butterfly's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about butterflies online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Butterflies also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, and an index. Butterflies is part of Jump!'s Insect World series.

In Wasps, early readers will discover the different nests that wasps build and learn about the physical characteristics of this unique insect. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage emergent readers as they discover the fascinating world of wasps. A labeled diagram helps readers identify the insect's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about wasps online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Wasps also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, and an index. Wasps is part of Jump!'s Insect World series.

Watch one of nature's hardest-working insect families in action-termites! Hundreds of thousands of termites can live together in one nest. The termite queen spends her life laying eggs. The eggs hatch into workers that clean the queen, watch over the eggs, search for food, tend the nest's gardens, and guard the nest and each other. But a termite family's most amazing feat is building the huge mound that protects the nest. Thousands of tiny termites take mouthfuls of soil from ground level and climb to the top of the mound. Mouthful by mouthful, the soil piles up until the mound is up to six feet (3 meters) across! In this exciting book, you can learn what makes mound-building termites similar to and different from other insects. Close-up photographs and diagrams reveal extraordinary details about termites' bodies, both inside and out. And you can perform an experiment that shows you how termites use scent trails to find their way to food and home again. Learn more about this exciting member of nature's fascinating Insect World.

Look quickly and you might just see one of nature's insect heroes on the hunt-praying mantises! With their incredible hunting skills, mantises help rid farms and gardens of insect pests that bother humans. Praying mantises have big eyes that face forward, heads that can turn, and spines on their front legs to spear their prey. And they are stealthy. Even tiny newly hatched mantises know how to remain still and hide until a prey insect appears. Then-like lightning- the mantis strikes! In this exciting book, you can learn what makes a praying mantis similar to and different from other insects. Close-up photographs and diagrams reveal extraordinary details about mantis bodies, both inside and out. And you can perform an activity that helps you understand just how quickly praying mantises can react while hunting. Are you faster than a mantis? Learn more about this heroic member of nature's fascinating Insect World!

Check out the action at a nearby pond where a master predator is on the hunt-a diving beetle! This skillful insect is after larvae, small fish, salamanders, and other prey. Key body parts make a diving beetle an effective hunter. When it spots a target, the beetle's body traps an air bubble, which it uses to breathe underwater for up to 10 to 15 minutes! Its legs act like oars to move it quickly through the water. A smooth, waxy coat helps too. The diving beetle snatches its prey with its strong jaws. Bite by bite, the adult beetle devours its meal. In this exciting book, you can learn what makes diving beetles similar to and different from other insects. Close-up photographs and diagrams reveal extraordinary details about diving beetle bodies, both inside and out. And you can perform activities that help you find ways protect the diving beetles watery home, and understand how diving beetles breathe underwater. Learn more about this exiting member of nature's fascinating Insect World!

Pay attention to these insects on the move-locusts! Usually, locusts live alone. When there is lots of food, the locust population grows. But when the weather turns dry and grasses die, the locusts are forced to live close together, and they go through amazing changes. Their colors become brighter, and their eyes become larger. They fly off in great swarms searching for food. Millions of locusts might land in a farmer's field and have a feast. When nothing green is left, the swarm flies off again. After they finally run out of food, the locusts separate and change again. In this exciting book, you can learn what makes locusts similar to and different from other insects. Close-up photographs and diagrams reveal extraordinary details about locusts' bodies, both inside and out. This book contains hands-on activities that help you understand how far locusts jump and how they make sounds. Learn more about this member of nature's fascinating Insect World!

Look out for these public enemy's-mosquitoes-as they are after blood! Mosquito females need a meal of blood before they can lay their eggs. They target humans and animals and zoom in for a feast. But these insects may do more harm than causing itchy welts. Mosquitoes can also pass along a number of serious and deadly diseases to those they bite. Humans have developed a number of ways to get rid of mosquitoes, from spreading chemicals to putting mosquito larvae-eating fish in ponds. Yet mosquitoes are also a food source for many animals. Without these pests, birds, bats, and other animals in the food chain might be affected. In this exciting book, you can learn what makes mosquitoes similar to and different from other insects. Close-up photographs and diagrams reveal extraordinary details about mosquitoes' bodies, both inside and out. And you can perform activities that help you understand how mosquitoes feed and what you can do to keep them away. Learn more about this exciting member of nature's fascinating Insect World!

In Walkingsticks, beginning readers will learn how walkingsticks hide from predators and find food to eat. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they discover the world of walkingsticks. A labeled diagram helps readers identify a walkingstick's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about walkingsticks online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Walkingsticks also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, and an index.

In Praying Mantises, beginning readers will learn how praying mantises defend themselves from predators and how they hunt other insects for food. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they discover the world of praying mantises. A labeled diagram helps readers identify a praying mantis's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about praying mantises online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Praying Mantises also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, and an index. Praying Mantises is part of Jump’s! Insect World series.

In Termites, early readers will discover the different jobs termites perform, and learn about the physical characteristics of this unique insect. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage emergent readers as they discover the fascinating world of termites. A labeled diagram helps readers identify the insect's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about termites online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Termites also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, and an index. Termites is part of Jump!'s Insect World series.

In Fireflies, early readers will learn about the life cycle of a firefly, and find out why the insect flashes its lights. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage emergent readers as they discover the fascinating world of fireflies. A labeled diagram helps readers identify the insect's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about fireflies online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Fireflies also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, and an index.

In Ladybugs, young readers will learn about the life cycle of a ladybug. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage early readers as they discover the fascinating world of this colorful insect. A labeled diagram helps readers identify a ladybug's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about ladybugs online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Ladybugs also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, and an index. Ladybugs is part of Jump!'s Insect World series.

See for yourself one of the most amazing masters of change in the insect kingdom-the Luna moth! Hatching from a tiny egg, the Luna moth begins its life as a caterpillar just 0.11 inch (3 millimeters) long. An eating machine, the caterpillar grows and sheds its skin-or molts-four times. Then it stitches a silk cocoon among the fallen leaves and becomes a pupa. Inside the pupa, the insect's body dissolves and reforms. After about six months, the insect emerges as a beautiful Luna moth with a wingspan of up to 5 inches (127 millimeters)-more than 40 times its original size! In this exciting book, you can learn what makes Luna moths similar to and different from other insects. Close-up photographs and diagrams reveal extraordinary details about moths' bodies, both inside and out. This book contains directions for creating a moth garden, where you can watch new moths emerge. Learn more about this exciting member of nature's fascinating Insect World.

Watch out for these masters of defense-stick insects! Their secret weapon is being able to hide in plain sight. To protect themselves from predators, they have developed long, narrow bodies. They blend right in to the branches they live on. Some stick insects even have extra growths that look like leaves for more camouflage. Stick insects also protect themselves by being most active at night when it is even harder to see them. They escape from predators by dropping to the forest floor, where they look like fallen sticks and leaves. In this exciting book, you can learn what makes stick insects similar to and different from other insects. Close-up photographs and diagrams reveal extraordinary details about stick insects' bodies, both inside and out. And you can perform activities that help you observe how stick insects live and how they hide by keeping still. Learn more about this exciting member of nature's fascinating Insect World!

In Cockroaches, beginning readers will learn how cockroaches find food and defend themselves from predators. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they discover the world of cockroaches. A labeled diagram helps readers identify a cockroach's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about cockroaches online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Cockroaches also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, and an index. Cockroaches is part of Jump!'s Insect World series.

In Moths, early readers will learn about the life cycle of a moth and discover how the insect's color helps it hide. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage emergent readers as they discover the fascinating world of moths. A labeled diagram helps readers identify the insect's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about moths online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Moths also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, and an index. Moths is part of Jump’s! Insect World series.