Nightmare Bugs!

Bedbugs are something truly out of nightmares. These little parasites live in mattresses and bite humans while they're sleeping, leaving itchy and painful bumps behind! But bedbugs aren't just a nightmare to get, but they are also a nightmare to get rid of. Through this book's look at bedbugs, young readers will get an up close look at bedbugs and where they come from. With fact boxes offering additional facts and tips on prevention, young readers will learn not just how bed bugs survive, but how to get rid of them!

This giant cricket from New Zealand is something right out of a nightmare! The giant weta, also known as the wētāpunga, is only found on the islands off the coast of New Zealand and grows bigger than any cricket in the world! Through this up-close look at the nightmarish giant weta, young readers will learn how wetas survive in the wild and how people are helping them. With achievable text and fact boxes offering more information, young readers will learn why this nightmare bug is so important to the New Zealand ecosystem.

A nightmare bug made in a lab seems like something straight out of a movie. But Africanized honeybees are a nightmare come true! These hybridized bees were meant to solve a pollination issue in warmer climates, but now they terrorize the people that live there. Through this book's up-close look at this nightmare bug, young readers will learn not just how the Africanized honeybee came to be, but how they are affecting the environment they now live in. With understandable text and fact boxes offering additional information, young readers will discover these nightmare bees!

Also called the Madagascar Hissing Cockroach, the giant hissing cockroach is the biggest roach out there. But, just like its name says, it's hissing also makes it special. The giant hissing cockroach is the only roach that vocalizes. Through this book's look at giant hissing cockroaches, young readers will learn how this roach survives in the wild and why it hisses. With approachable text to aid their understanding and fact boxes offering additional information, young readers will learn more about giant hissing cockroaches.

Found in South America, goliath bird-eating spiders are the heaviest spiders in the world! This spider is big enough to eat a bird, but it will eat nearly anything that's smaller than it is. But that's not the only terrifying fact about this nightmare insect! With full-color photographs of this spider up-close, young readers will love learning about how the goliath bird-eating spider survives in the wild. Each photograph pairs closely with achievable text that aids in young reader's understanding.

Centipedes can be found nearly anywhere around the world. But only in the Southern United States and Mexico has a centipede longer than a human hand! The giant centipede can grow longer than eight inches (20 cm) and can live around five years! Through this book's up-close photographs of giant centipedes, young readers will discover how this giant bug survives in the wild. With approachable text meant to help deepen their understanding, readers will learn important science facts about insects!