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When a million bugs come out of the ground at once, children pay attention. Periodical cicadas don't disappoint. Almost every animal in the area fills its stomach. Then after a month the feast and the cacophony suddenly stops. This book is about one of the oddest insect life cycles on the planet the periodical or 17-year cicada. The beautiful photographs and engaging text bring to life every aspect of this insect's life from a unique view of t...

When a million bugs come out of the ground at once, children pay attention. Periodical cicadas don't disappoint. Almost every animal in the area fills its stomach. Then after a month the feast and the cacophony suddenly stops. This book is about one of the oddest insect life cycles on the planet the periodical or 17-year cicada. The beautiful photographs and engaging text bring to life every aspect of this insect's life from a unique view of t...

In jaw-dropping photos, Doug Wechsler captures the life cycle of the American toad from egg to tadpole to adult. To get these images, Wechsler sat in a pond wearing waders, went out night after night in search of toads, and cut his own glass to make a home aquarium. The resulting photos reveal metamorphosis in extreme close-up as readers have never seen it before. Budding naturalists will be transfixed by this unprecedented peek into the secre...