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Ages 3-8

Bugs don't hug -- or do they?

Some insects care for their kids in interesting ways. Daddies who do diaper duty? Mommies who cuddle? Maybe bugs are like us!

 

Author: Heather L. Montgomery

Illustrator: Stephen Stone

Charlesbridge, 2018
ISBN: 978-1580898164


Alabama Book of the Year 2020

2020 Redbud Read-Aloud Book

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Awesome Analogies

Join Heather, watch a bug and learn to think by analogy.  

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From the Research

From the Research

From the Research

Shield bug - photos from the scientist
Burying beetles - a Nat Geo video

Dung beetles - San Diego Zoo Kids page

Pill Roaches - a blog written for adults

Bess Beetles - includes audio of beetles 

 

Is it a pill bug?

From the Research

From the Research

The animals on the book's cover look like a pill bugs (also called roly polies or sow bugs), but look again. Count the legs. Think again.

Pill bugs have 7 pairs of legs. Insects have 3. Interestingly, pill bugs and pill roaches share similar adaptations,. They both roll up, carry their young, and curl to protect their young. To learn more about pill bugs watch this PBS video.

More Lessons

From the Research

More Lessons

Beetle Investigations - grades 3-4 lesson

Bess Bug Lab - force and motion lesson

Ant picnic - Citizen science K-12 lessons

Heather L. Montgomery

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