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Nature - Insects Genre

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Books in the Nature - Insects genre:

Snail and Caterpillar (1972)

When Snail learns that her friend Caterpillar and her cabbage house have been taken to market she sets out to rescue them.

Author(s): Helen Piers
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Butterfly (1974)

An illustrated natural history of the life cycle of the butterfly.

Author(s): Claude Nicolas
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Come Away (1974)

Mark and Alice explore nature.

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Author(s): Myra Cohn Livingston
Illustrator(s): Irene Haas

The Mushroom Center Disaster (1974)

When a pile of garbage lands on Mushroom Center the inhabitants get to work to clean it up and put it to use. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): N. M. Bodecker
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

Because a Little Bug Went Ka-Choo (1975)

What can happen when a little bug sneezes?

Author(s): Rosetta Stone
Illustrator(s): Michael Frith

Grasshopper and Butterfly (1975)

Grasshopper plays against type and helps butterfly find a safe place to overwinter.

Author(s): Helen Piers
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Bee and the Cherry Tree (1976)

An illustrated look at the life cycle of the bee and its partnership with the cherry tree.

Author(s): Claude Nicolas
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Cabbage Moth and the Shamrock (1978)

Fiona the cabbage moth and Jeremy the shamrock find friendship.

Author(s): Ethel Marbach
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Hickory (1978)

The story of a mouse and a grasshopper, told in the author’s inimitable style, with his charming subtly colored illustrations.

Author(s): Palmer Brown
Illustrator(s): Palmer Brown

Woodland Crossings (1978)

Five short fables or stories about the natural world.

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Author(s): Stephen Krensky
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

Chester Cricket’s New Home (1983)

When his stump is destroyed by an overweight picnicker, Chester Cricket begins an odyssey to find a new one, with some help from his friends. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): George Selden
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

The Mouldy (1983)

When the mouldy invades the great garden of the world, the Princess Talitha sets out to defeat him, but the hedgehog wins him. Read online at archive.org.  ... View More

Author(s): William Mayne
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley

All Things Bright and Beautiful (1986)

Pauline Baynes brings to life the words of this world-famous hymn by Cecil Frances Alexander.

Author(s): Cecil Frances Alexander
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Wild Wild Sunflower Child Anna (1987)

Anna explores the garden and plays in the pond with the frogs.

Author(s): Nancy White Carlstrom
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

The Golden Birthday Book (1989)

A worm, a bee, a wild boar and a little rabbit each receive a special birthday present. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Leonard Weisgard

Old Mother West Wind (1990)

Stories of the inhabitants of the green meadows, woods and streams.

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Author(s): Thornton W. Burgess
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Water Pennies and Other Poems (1991)

A collection of poems, chiefly about bugs.

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Author(s): N. M. Bodecker
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

Walt Disney’s: The Grasshopper and the Ants (1993)

The familiar fable of the carefree grasshopper and the prudent ants.

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Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Larry Moore

Charlotte’s Web (1999)

Fern adopts the runt of the litter and names him Wilbur, but it is Charlotte, A. Cavatica, who ensures he will always have a home on the Arable farm. For this new Collector’s Edition Rosemary Wells has colored the illustrations. Read online at ... View More

Author(s): E. B. White
Illustrator(s): Rosemary Wells
Garth Williams

I Like Bugs (1999)

A poem about insects that the narrator likes.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): G. Brian Karas

The Wit and Wisdom of Freddy and His Friends (2000)

A collection of short sayings from the saga of Freddy the pig with appropriate illustrations. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Hickory (2013)

The story of a mouse and a grasshopper, told in the author’s inimitable style, with his charming subtly colored illustrations.

Author(s): Palmer Brown
Illustrator(s): Palmer Brown

The Grasshopper & the Ants (2015)

An ancient fable on the value of thrift.

Author(s): Jerry Pinkney
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

The Tickly Spider (2017)

Something about spiders.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Linda Bleck

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