Copyright Date:
2002
Edition Date:
2002
Release Date:
07/01/02
Illustrator:
Long, Sylvia,
Pages:
1 volume (unpaged)
ISBN:
1-570-91506-7
ISBN 13:
978-1-570-91506-2
Dewey:
591
LCCN:
2001004363
Dimensions:
28 cm.
Language:
Spanish
Bilingual:
Yes
Reviews:
School Library Journal
(Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 CDT 2002)
K-Gr 3 Lots of animals as well as a few plants eat bugs. Facklam's lighthearted but informative rhyming text makes the point clear in this bilingual reissue of her 1999 title. Covering all manner of unabashed insect munchersfrom nuthatches to bats, geckos to mice, toads to bears, Venus flytraps to peoplethe simple text and large, clean pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations present sound facts in an easily digestible form. Each lunching entity gets a spread, large enough to make sharing with groups natural. The concluding two pages give detailed descriptions of all the insect eaters mentioned. The Spanish translation, while not always literal, is close and maintains the rhyme scheme and rhythm of the English original. This is a good introductory title not only about insect eaters but also about insects themselves. As such, it is a natural lead-in to books like Nancy Winslow Parker's Bugs (Greenwillow, 1988) or Laurence A. Mound's Amazing Insects (Knopf, 1993).
Spanish language edition. Discover the variety of bug-eaters—animal, plant, even human—in this exploration of both poetry and the natural world. Facklam’s playful rhymes mixed with Long’s vivid illustrations introduce young readers to an array of creatures as they munch on lunch. From a mantis perched and ready to prey on ladybugs, a spider trapping a fly, to the honey-drenched fur of a big brown bear chewing on a hive full of bees, Bugs for Lunch will give curious readers plenty of food for thought delivered in a playful package.