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Gr 3–5—Kaner takes on peoples' fears and misconceptions about a variety of creepy-crawly, shudder-inducing animals, including cockroaches, mosquitoes, bats, spiders, wolves, and more. In each case, she demonstrates that while there are negative aspects to all of these, they each contribute something useful to humans or to the environment. For instance, while rats carry disease, African giant pouched rats are great mi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Caricatures illustrate this examination of some underappreciated or feared animals. In lively prose, scientific facts--the good, the bad...Log In or Sign Up to Read More