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Bugs & Insects Books for Ages 8–11 – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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Bugs & Insects Books for Ages 8–11

Entomology at chapter book age can be as gripping as any adventure. These 1,450 books explore insect behavior, life cycles, and ecosystems with the depth that a genuinely interested child demands.

1,450 books

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Percy the Grasshopper #1

Percy is a grasshopper with perfect manners, but a visit to the messy Beetle family proves that kindness and fun matter

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A Book to Bug You #1

Douglas Kaine McKelvey

Beetles, bees, and even lice scuttle through these playful rhyming verses that introduce the tiny, buzzing world of inse

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Usborne Mysteries & Marvels

Mysteries & Marvels of Insect Life

Insects reveal their most fascinating secrets, from strange reproductive habits to the clever ways they defend themselve

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Tiger Moth #3

The Fortune Cookies of Weevil

Aaron Reynolds

Ninja bug Tiger Moth and his apprentice Kung Pow must stop an evil weevil from taking over the insect world with mysteri

Ages 4–11

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Scorpions are more than just creepy crawlies; they play a vital role in our ecosystem through their unique ways of livin

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Deadly Spiders #1

Black Widow Spiders

Meet the famous spider with the red hourglass mark and learn how it builds webs, hunts for food, and survives in its hid

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Animals Animals #1

Kevin J. Holmes

The most fascinating thing you will learn is how snails move, eat, and behave in their tiny, slow-moving world.

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Nature's Great Journeys

The Migration of a Butterfly

Marvel at the incredible stamina of a migrating butterfly and the gray whale's epic journey as they navigate the globe t

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Usborne Beginners

Caterpillars and Butterflies

Stephanie Turnbull

Observe the fascinating transformation of garden crawlers through simple sentences for beginners and detailed facts that

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After her butterflies die, Kaito learns that the spirit of flight is eternal. She finds a creative way to capture its ma

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David Metzenthen

Min finds a spider in the bedroom, leading to a quiet look at whether the tiny eight-legged guest is actually a scary mo

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Franklin Russell

The most fascinating thing you'll learn is how a single honeybee colony transforms through every season during its intri

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Puffin Easy-to-Read Riddles #1

Katy Hall, Lisa Eisenberg

Bees that hum because they forgot the words and grasshoppers celebrating leap years fill this silly collection of insect

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Little Monsters: The Creatures That Live on Us and in Us

Tiny hitchhikers like head lice, mites, and tapeworms are closer than you think in this fascinating look at the parasite

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Tales of the Tiny Folk #1

Thora and the Great Pollination

Benjamin Harper

When the beehives vanish on Pollination Day, Thora and Violet must find a clever way for the Tiny Folk to save the pumpk

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Supernatural Sleuths

Real-Life Vampires

Vampire bats, leeches, and lampreys take center stage in this look at the surprising ways real animals in the wild survi

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The Snail's Spell

The garden becomes a giant forest of wonder when a child shrinks to the size of a snail to see the world through a tiny

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Jane Harrington

Cold-blooded creatures, pocket-sized friends, and slimy specimens take center stage in this look at the most unconventio

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Animals in Flight

From tiny insects to massive soaring birds, discover the mechanics of wings and the incredible variety of creatures that

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Let's Look at Life Cycles

Every butterfly and sunflower has a story; learn how living things grow and how human actions can help or hurt their dev

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You are a Honey Bee!

Laurie Ann Thompson

Discover the life of a honey bee, from birth to first flight. Learn how these insects clean, feed, and build their hive

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Usborne Spotter's Guides

You can identify over 100 different types of flowers, insects, and birds hidden in plain sight during a simple walk thro

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Creepy Creatures #1

Frederick Graves

Jamie and Harry discover their new home is filled with hidden tunnels, strange carvings, and a very sinister gnome lurki

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Nature's Recyclers

Robin Michal Koontz

Scraps and peels turn into garden gold in this clear look at how composting works and why it helps the earth.

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