Loads of facts about about all manner of creepy crawlies -an ant with Dracula fangs, spiders eating their own webs, musclebound caterpillars and why fleas would be champions at the high jump. The science that underpins it is good making it a useful source of knowledge as well as fun to read. A great series to get kids into reading. Titles in the series include Human Body, History, Creepy Crawlies and Animals.
It’s hard to get much grosser than creepy crawlies! The thought of them is enough to give most people the shivers and, when you hear about their most gruesome characteristics, it is not surprising. Within all kinds of funny and ridiculous stories, this is a book packed with facts about flies, bees, beetles and even caterpillars.
More top trivia in this new series from Mitch Symons. This title includes cool Top Trump cards to collect with your mates. Go mad for all things mini-beast!
Mitchell Symons was born in 1957 in London and educated at Mill Hill School and the LSE, where he studied just enough law to get a Third. Since leaving BBC TV, where he was a researcher and then a director, he has worked as a writer, broadcaster and journalist. He was a principal writer of early editions of the board game Trivial Pursuit and has devised many television formats. Currently he writes an award-winning weekly column for the Sunday Express.
