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4-6Mind Benders series.
This compilation of browsable, interesting statistics about insects is occasionally interspersed with conversational speech-bubbled text "spoken" by the photographed animal. Bright, varied graphics and up-close photos splash across disorganized spreads focusing on a variety of bugs. The text contains some perhaps-unknown facts for trivia buffs ("Spiders don't like the smell of peppermint"), though unfortunately all are unsourced. Reading list. Glos., ind.