Creepy Crawlers

While millipedes don't really have 1,000 legs, they do have the most legs out of all the creepy crawlers on Earth! Big, up-close photos, body diagrams, and fun, informative text show how every creepy feature helps these creatures survive.

Learn about Termites, including how and where they live and how these creepy creatures are important parts of their world.

Termites are some of the best eaters in the insect world. They eat all the time, through anything, including and especially wood, and as silently as possible. That is just one of many unique termite traits this book will introduce readers to, in addition to explaining termites' life cycle and their food sources, considering where and how they live, and highlighting features that help them adapt to their environments and survive in the world.

Learn about Cockroaches, including how and where they live and how these creepy creatures are important parts of their world.

Ants are unique insects that live a lot like humans do. They have homes, communities, and a defense system against attacks. Ants also have jobs, as caretakers, builders, rulers, and soldiers. Using vivid photographs and easy-to-understand text, this book explores ant life and introduces young readers to ants' unique features, such as their small, spindly legs, their seemingly super strength, and protective measures they take against predators, including the painful bite of the fire ant or the wings of some carpenter ants. Overall, this text informs students of the amazing capabilities of some of the most well-known members of the insect world.

Growing up to six inches, the camel spider is a big creepy crawler! Big, up-close photos, body diagrams, and fun, informative text in this ebook show how every creepy feature helps these creatures survive.

Using colorful photographs and simple language, this book explores the life of a grasshopper, its traits and survival methods, and its habitat and distribution. Each page educates the reader on a different aspect of a grasshopper's life, its beginnings, food habits, defense mechanisms, and special characteristics, such as its wings and ear placement. This book is sure to engage and excite young readers in a fun and visual way.

A caterpillar starts out life very small, then grows and transforms from a larva into a butterfly or moth. This book uses bright, appealing photographs and simple text to explore caterpillars' unique traits, colorful bodies, distinctive habits, and different habitats in a concise way that is engaging to young readers. Through comparing similarities and differences of various caterpillar species, this book highlights caterpillars' defining features, while showing students how caterpillars change into iconic creatures like the monarch butterfly, the silkworm moth, and the glasswing butterfly.

Learn about Cicadas, including how and where they live and how these creepy creatures are important parts of their world.

Wasps might look similar to bees, but they have different features that set them apart. For example, wasps can be bright yellow or bright orange and black, or muted colors. Most wasps also do not sting. This book introduces these differences to young readers and invites them to explore what a wasp is, how wasps live, and incredible traits that make them unique. Presented using engaging photographs and simple text, this book is perfect for the budding reader.

Simple text and full-color photographs introduce crickets.

Mosquitoes are known as bloodsuckers. They pool around lakes and campfires and prey upon unsuspecting wildlife and humans. Using photographs and simple text, this book explores the life of a mosquito, its unique features, and the survival tactics it uses to withstand extreme conditions and other outside threats.

Having been around for centuries, spiders have gained a reputation for being scary and sneaky. This book uses vivid photographs to show young readers the life of different spiders, such as black widows, daddy longlegs, and tarantulas, including their skills and their survival tactics. The book considers these eight-legged creatures in different regions around the world and across species, helping young readers better understand and appreciate them.

To many people, worms seem like creepy creatures indeed. Lacking lungs, eyes, and limbs, they breathe through their skin and use their bodies to sense brightness and vibrations. Some worms can be very long, like the bootlace worm, while others are shorter, like the common earthworm. Through vivid photographs and easy-to-understand text, this book explains to young readers exactly what a worm is, how worms live, what unique features help them to prosper underground, and why they're good for the soil in ecosystems around the world.

With no ears or eyes, it can be tough to find the head on these fascinating creepy crawlers. Big, up-close photos, body diagrams, and fun, informative text show how every creepy feature helps these creatures survive.