This natural history book for children examines the extraordinary world of insects, describing the great variety of insect life on the earth, and finding out how insects have become highly successful through a series of weird and wonderful adaptations; it includes four acetate-based see-through scenes showing the organs inside a grasshopper's body, how different insects digest their food, the construction of bees' and termites' nests, and the use of camouflage.

 

This book is part of a book series called See Through History .

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 1995 by Pearson Education Limited .

David Burnie studied zoology and botany at the University of Bristol, and has worked