Washoe County Library System

"In Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden, you'll learn how to fill your garden with the right plants to support the beneficial predatory insects that control common garden pests"-- "This revised and updated edition of Jessica Walliser’s award-winning Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden offers a valuable and science-backed plan for bringing balance back to the garden. With this indispensable gardening reference—now updated with new...

"The third in Lonely Planet Kids' award-winning Atlas series, this book takes a tour of the magical miniature world of creepy crawlies. We travel around the globe to uncover all sorts of fascinating bugs: from zombie ants and giant millipedes to beautiful butterflies"--

"Join Steve the Dung Beetle on a hilarious and educational journey, as Steve teaches all of his friends why he is constantly rolling poo, how it helps each of them, and why his work is so important for the environment"-- "It's a beautiful day and all of the animals on the Savannah want to know one thing: Why is Steve the Dung Beetle rolling that big ball of poo?? Steve is hard at work rolling a ball of poo past the river, over the hills, through...

Rhino-B is a brash, but sweet guy. Stag-B is a calm and scholarly adventurer. Together these two young beetles make up the Bug Boys, best friends who spend their time exploring the world of Bug Village and beyond, as well as their own - sometimes confusing and complicated - thoughts and feelings. In their first adventure, the Bug Boys travel through spooky caves, work with a spider to found a library, save their town's popular honey supply from extinction,...

A honeybee and a bumblebee have a chat. A rose offers a worm a bit of its compost. A mouse assures a root of its importance. These fun rhyming poems for two voices are blooming, bursting, and buzzing with personality. Eugene Yelchin’s stunning illustrations beautifully accent Carole Gerber’s unusual conversations. Together, they offer a close-up view of the plant and insect worlds, with an amazing amount of information about them. All around us,...

"This book teaches first words having to do with bugs and insects, using a combination of word clusters and simple, raised die-cut shapes on a left-hand page mirrored in the debossed forms of the right"-- "Featuring spreads with raised shaped objects that fit into scooped cut-outs on their opposite page, this new TouchThinkLearn book offers the youngest learners an opportunity to explore in a hands-on, multisensory way. Seeing the image, tracing...

"Insect parents care for their kids in surprising ways. Mommies who snuggle? Daddies on diaper duty? Maybe bugs are like us!" --from back cover.

Bug enthusiast Evie's plan to bring her insect friends indoors ends in a disastrous family dinner. ''The Girl Who Loves Bugs is a hilarious and heart-warming story empowering young girls to always be curious, from superstar writer Lily Murray and Waterstones Prize-winning illustrator, Jenny Løvlie. Evie loves bugs. And she's fed up of having to keep up with her mums and brother on walks when she'd rather be peering under logs and examining snails....

"The Lorax explains to young readers how they can help protect a variety of common insects that are threatened with extinction"--

Follows two bug friends, Stag-B and Rhino-B, as they explore their world and share adventures.