Through delightful outings with her students, a teacher introduces her class to the fascinating world of insects. She encourages her students to observe and ask questions. This is a wonderful science text for young children. (Summary by Laura Caldwell)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
A Word to the Children
01:54 - Chapter 2
Our Pretty Dragonflies
23:00 - Chapter 3
The Fairy May Flies
09:13 - Chapter 4
The Stone Fly Folk
02:51 - Chapter 5
The Silver Fish
02:27 - Chapter 6
The Old Cockroaches
12:22 - Chapter 7
Neighbor Walking Stick
08:15 - Chapter 8
The Grasshopper Tribes
01:21 - Chapter 9
The Shorthorned Grasshoppers
21:27 - Chapter 10
The Longhorned Grasshoppers
14:16 - Chapter 11
Pretty Katydids
05:05 - Chapter 12
The Cricket-Like Grasshoppers
01:50 - Chapter 13
The Cheery Cricket People
05:47 - Chapter 14
A Large Family
06:48 - Chapter 15
The Great Bug Family
01:27 - Chapter 16
The Water Boatman
09:20 - Chapter 17
The Funny Back-Swimmers
01:23 - Chapter 18
The Giant Water Bug
02:23 - Chapter 19
Little Mrs. Shore Bug
01:03 - Chapter 20
The Airy Water Striders
02:06 - Chapter 21
A Queer Fellow
03:33 - Chapter 22
The Well Dressed Lace Bug
01:15 - Chapter 23
A Bad Bug
02:59 - Chapter 24
The Troublesome Red Bug
02:56 - Chapter 25
The Ravenous Chinch Bugs
02:09 - Chapter 26
The Well Protected Stink Bug
04:06 - Chapter 27
The Louse
01:06 - Chapter 28
Bird Lice and Book Lice
00:51 - Chapter 29
Friend Cicada
10:39 - Chapter 30
The Odd Spittle Insect
02:33 - Chapter 31
Pretty Leaf Hoppers
03:45 - Chapter 32
The Comical Tree Hoppers
01:10 - Chapter 33
The Jumping Plant Lice
01:10 - Chapter 34
The Aphids
08:25 - Chapter 35
Scale Bugs
08:58 - Chapter 36
The Horned Corydalus
09:01 - Chapter 37
Fairy Lacewing
05:06 - Chapter 38
The Ant Lion
03:57 - Chapter 39
The Little Caddice Flies
08:32