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Leaf litter critters / written by Leslie Bulion ; illustrated by Robert Meganck.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Atlanta, Georgia : Peachtree Publishers, [2018]Description: 55 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781561459506
  • 156145950X
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Litter critters -- Bacteria criteria -- The mighty mushroom is a fun guy -- Three protists -- The rotifer -- Watch out for bears -- Nematodes -- Glue peg? Please! I'm a springtail! -- Two mites -- Proturans and diplurans -- Scavenger symphylan -- Night duty -- Not much muscle -- Our friend, the earthworm -- In defense of millipedes -- The pseudoscorpion life -- Centipede attack -- Rove beetle -- A few favorite brown food web kings.
Summary: Have fun on this poetic tour through the leaf litter layer and dig into the fascinating facts about the tiny critters who live there.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 577.3 B933 Available 33111008937720
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 577.3 B933 Available 33111009295763
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Take a poetic tour through the duff and get the dirt on the tiny, fascinating critters that live there.

For all the kids who can't resist turning over a rock, science poetry maven Leslie Bulion presents nineteen lively ecological poems in a variety of verse forms about the "brown food web" and the creatures that live there-from bacteria and rove beetles to mushrooms and millipedes, and all of the other busy recyclers in between.

Illustrator Robert Meganck adds to the fun with humorous and vivid, yet scientifically detailed, artwork.

Science notes run throughout for added context, and thorough back matter includes a glossary, poetry notes, hands-on investigations, and other resources for cross-curricular learning.

Age 8-12.

Grade 4 to 6.

Includes bibliographical references.

Litter critters -- Bacteria criteria -- The mighty mushroom is a fun guy -- Three protists -- The rotifer -- Watch out for bears -- Nematodes -- Glue peg? Please! I'm a springtail! -- Two mites -- Proturans and diplurans -- Scavenger symphylan -- Night duty -- Not much muscle -- Our friend, the earthworm -- In defense of millipedes -- The pseudoscorpion life -- Centipede attack -- Rove beetle -- A few favorite brown food web kings.

Have fun on this poetic tour through the leaf litter layer and dig into the fascinating facts about the tiny critters who live there.

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