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Behold the Beautiful Dung Beetle

By Cheryl Bardoe
Illustrated by Alan Marks

By Cheryl Bardoe
Illustrated by Alan Marks

By Cheryl Bardoe
Illustrated by Alan Marks

By Cheryl Bardoe
Illustrated by Alan Marks

By Cheryl Bardoe
Illustrated by Alan Marks

By Cheryl Bardoe
Illustrated by Alan Marks

By Cheryl Bardoe
Illustrated by Alan Marks

By Cheryl Bardoe
Illustrated by Alan Marks

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Apr 10, 2018 | 32 Pages | 5-8 years

Hardcover $16.95

Mar 11, 2014 | 32 Pages | 5-8 years

Ebook $6.99

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    About Behold the Beautiful Dung Beetle

    Dung is a precious pile of food and drink for these beetles.

    Simple science text and dramatic illustrations give a close-up view of the fascinating world of the dung beetle. When an animal lightens its load, dung beetles race to the scene. They battle over, devour, hoard, and lay their eggs in the precious poop. Dung is food, drink, and fuel for new life—as crucial to these beetles as the beetles are to many habitats, including our own.

    Back matter includes instructions for finding dung beetles, fun facts, glossary, and a selected bibliography.

    About Behold the Beautiful Dung Beetle

    Dung is a precious pile of food and drink for these beetles.

    Simple science text and dramatic illustrations give a close-up view of the fascinating world of the dung beetle. When an animal lightens its load, dung beetles race to the scene. They battle over, devour, hoard, and lay their eggs in the precious poop. Dung is food, drink, and fuel for new life—as crucial to these beetles as the beetles are to many habitats, including our own.

    Back matter includes instructions for finding dung beetles, fun facts, glossary, and a selected bibliography.

    About Behold the Beautiful Dung Beetle

    Dung is a precious pile of food and drink for these beetles.

    Simple science text and dramatic illustrations give a close-up view of the fascinating world of the dung beetle. When an animal lightens its load, dung beetles race to the scene. They battle over, devour, hoard, and lay their eggs in the precious poop. Dung is food, drink, and fuel for new life—as crucial to these beetles as the beetles are to many habitats, including our own.

    Back matter includes instructions for finding dung beetles, fun facts, glossary, and a selected bibliography.

    About Behold the Beautiful Dung Beetle

    Dung is a precious pile of food and drink for these beetles.

    Simple science text and dramatic illustrations give a close-up view of the fascinating world of the dung beetle. When an animal lightens its load, dung beetles race to the scene. They battle over, devour, hoard, and lay their eggs in the precious poop. Dung is food, drink, and fuel for new life—as crucial to these beetles as the beetles are to many habitats, including our own.

    Back matter includes instructions for finding dung beetles, fun facts, glossary, and a selected bibliography.

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    About Cheryl Bardoe

    Cheryl Bardoe is the author of two Orbis Pictus Honor books, Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age (Abrams, 2010) and Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas (Abrams, 2006), as well as The Ugly Duckling Dinosaur: A Prehistoric… More about Cheryl Bardoe

    About Cheryl Bardoe

    Cheryl Bardoe is the author of two Orbis Pictus Honor books, Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age (Abrams, 2010) and Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas (Abrams, 2006), as well as The Ugly Duckling Dinosaur: A Prehistoric… More about Cheryl Bardoe

    About Cheryl Bardoe

    Cheryl Bardoe is the author of two Orbis Pictus Honor books, Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age (Abrams, 2010) and Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas (Abrams, 2006), as well as The Ugly Duckling Dinosaur: A Prehistoric… More about Cheryl Bardoe

    About Cheryl Bardoe

    Cheryl Bardoe is the author of two Orbis Pictus Honor books, Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age (Abrams, 2010) and Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas (Abrams, 2006), as well as The Ugly Duckling Dinosaur: A Prehistoric… More about Cheryl Bardoe

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Picture Books

    Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Charlesbridge
    Apr 10, 2018 | 32 Pages | 9 x 9 | 5-8 years | ISBN 9781580895552

    Category: Children’s Picture Books

    Hardcover | $16.95
    Published by Charlesbridge
    Mar 11, 2014 | 32 Pages | 9 x 9 | 5-8 years | ISBN 9781580895545

    Category: Children’s Picture Books

    Ebook | $6.99
    Published by Charlesbridge
    Mar 11, 2014 | 32 Pages | 9 x 9 | 5-8 years | ISBN 9781607346203

    Category: Children’s Picture Books

    Ebook | $6.99
    Published by Charlesbridge
    Mar 11, 2014 | 32 Pages | 11 x 8-1/2 | 5-8 years | ISBN 9781607347262

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    Animal Behavior Book Award WINNER 2015

    John Burroughs Riverby Award for Young Readers WINNER 2015

    Cook Prize NOMINEE 2015

    American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS)’s Science Books & Films Best List SELECTION 2015

    NSTA-CBC – Outstanding Science Trade Book SELECTION 2015

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