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24 pp.
| Kids Can
| January, 1998
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TradeISBN 1-55074-448-8
(3)
4-6
Step-by-step instructions with clear color illustrations explain how to raise mealworms at home, and how to carry out simple experiments that let young scientists discover firsthand where mealworms prefer to live and what they like to eat. Also included are directions for making a "bug catcher" for other insects. The book provides a fine introduction to metamorphosis for bug-loving kids. Glos., ind.