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40 pp.
| Boyds/Wordsong |
March, 2013 |
TradeISBN 978-1-59078-925-4$16.95
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Kelly Murphy.
Photographs by
Frederic B. Siskind.
Each double-page spread "exhibit" in The Face Bug Museum consists of a poem, a cartoonish but detailed line drawing, and an extreme close-up photo of the subject. Varied forms keep the poems about insects' and other creepy-crawlies' adaptations surprising. A "word from our bugs" expounding further on each species concludes this visually compelling interdisciplinary field guide to tiny creatures.