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Berger, Melvin , Berger, Gilda

How Do Flies Walk Upside Down?: Questions and Answers about Insects

48 pp. | Scholastic | August, 1999 | Library ISBN 0-590-13082-X $$12.95 | Paper ISBN 0-439-08572-1 $$5.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Jim Effler. This book informs readers that, no, insects do not fall in love, but that gall midge flies are mean because larvae feed on their mother's body. These odd anthropomorphisms aside, the text does provide some useful information, though the format dictates that the explanations be brief and therefore sometimes incomplete. Detailed illustrations accompany the text. Ind.
Reviewer: Elizabeth Howard

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