Flies in the Face of Fashion, Mites Make Rights, and Other Bugdacious Tales (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781557534170)

If you want to get downright buggy, pick up this wonderful collection of insect tales from the Bug Bowl guru, Tom Turpin. After you're through, you'll know more about the six-legged kingdom and its occupants than any bookworm that you run across. How does insect suturing work? Which insect did the ancient Egyptians worship as a god? What did Ogden Nash have to say about termites? Which insect produces Turkey Red dye? What bug has survived for 300 million years? How does a horse fly manage to fly without its head? Each tale is easily accessible, provides fun and scientific facts, and is self-contained. Juveniles and adults alike will be fascinated with the world of Turpin's bugs. The nicely illustrated collection won't give you ants in your pants, but just might put a flea in your ear.

Author: Tom Turpin
ISBN-10: 1557534179
ISBN-13: 9781557534170
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2006
Pages: 254
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 7.28h x 6.02w x 0.69d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 05/01/2006 pg. 59
Scitech Book News 09/01/2006 pg. 59
Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/2007 pg. 1 - Strongly Recommended