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Children of Summer
Henri Fabre's Insects
By Anderson, Margaret Lavinia & LeGlatin Keis, Marie
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37431-243-5
- Publisher
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c1997.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 1997
Gr 4-6 Paul, 10, is fascinated by insects, an interest engendered by his father, Henri Fabre, who has studied the creatures for most of his life. The boy and his two younger sisters help Pere gather material for a textbook, often accompanying him on field trips into their untamed backyard. Children of Summer briefly describes over a dozen of their scientific adventures from altering the path of a group of pine caterpillars, to studying the behavior of undertaker beetles and ground wasps. There ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
