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Includes general information, jokes, and brief descriptions of the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of a variety of common insects.

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Main Author: Parker, Nancy Winslow
Other Authors: Wright, Joan Richards
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Greenwillow Books, c1987.
Edition:1st ed.
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Insects > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:Includes general information, jokes, and brief descriptions of the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of a variety of common insects.
Physical Description:40 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:Bibliography: p. 40.
ISBN:0688066232
0688066240 (lib. bdg.)
9780688082963 (pbk.)
0688082963 (pbk.)
Author Notes:Illustrator and children's writer Nancy Winslow Parker was born in Maplewood, New Jersey, on October 18, 1930. She graduated from Mills College in California. She continued her art education at the Art Students League and the School of Visual Arts in New York.

After a succession of varied jobs, she became art director for Appleton-Century-Crofts and, later, graphic designer for Holt, Rienhart and Winston.

Her first book, The Man with the Take-Apart Head, was published in 1974. Other works include Willy Bear (1977) and My Mom Travels a Lot (1983), both winners of the Christopher Award. Winslow has won numerous other awards, including the American Library Association Notable Book, Honorable Mention by the New York Academy of Science's Children's Science Book Award, and the New York Times Best Illustrated list.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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