Roberta Gibson & Anne Lambelet
How to Build an Insect
See what the buzz is about in this fresh, fun look at insect anatomy.
Let’s build an insect! In the pages of this book, you’ll find a workshop filled with everything you need, including a head, a thorax, an abdomen, and much more. Written by entomologist Roberta Gibson and accompanied by delightfully detailed illustrations by Anne Lambelet, this wonderfully original take on insect anatomy will spark curiosity and engage even those who didn’t think they liked creepy, crawly things!
Let’s build an insect! In the pages of this book, you’ll find a workshop filled with everything you need, including a head, a thorax, an abdomen, and much more. Written by entomologist Roberta Gibson and accompanied by delightfully detailed illustrations by Anne Lambelet, this wonderfully original take on insect anatomy will spark curiosity and engage even those who didn’t think they liked creepy, crawly things!
Millbrook Press
Non-fiction Picture Book
Age 5+
32 pp
hc | 240 x 280 mm
Publication: April 2021
Author: Roberta Gibson
Illustrator: Anne Lambelet
Rights sold: Chinese (simpl.), German
All other rights available, excl. Chinese (compl.), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish
- "Distinctive and fun." — Kirkus Reviews
Awards
- Nominated for the German Children's Literature Award in the Nonfiction Category, 2024 (German edn.)
- NCTE Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts, Winner, 2022
- Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2022
- North Carolina Children's Book Award Nominee, Nominated, 2022
“An ideal book for turning STEM into STEAM.”—Booklist, 15 April 2021
“Distinctive and fun.”—Kirkus Reviews, 1 March 2021
“Gibson and Lambelet provide a fun, instructional easy reader text and a science project for children. . . . A must-buy for elementary school and public libraries.”—starred, School Library Journal, 1 March 2021
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