The Horn Book Guide

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Bugs & Butterflies: A Close-Up Photographic Look Inside Your World

64 pp. | Walter Foster | December, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-1-63322-044-7 $14.95

(3) K-3 Up Close series. The book's photographs, shot with high-powered lenses ("let's turn the ZOOM up to eleven"), capture insects unseen by the naked eye and depict oddities of the insect world including a hornet's mouth, dragonfly's eyes, peacock moth's antennae, and mosquito's eyes. Brief informative texts with humorous comments accompany the bold, colorful photographs. Shutterbugs will appreciate the included information about photography and cameras. Ind.

Reviewer: Luther B. Clegg