Bugs in Danger
Our Vanishing Bees, Butterflies, and Beetles
Mark Kurlansky, Jia Liu (Illustrator)
Hardcover
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Description
By now you've probably heard that bees are disappearing--but they aren't the only species at risk. Populations of fireflies, butterflies, and ladybugs have all been declining in recent years, too. This middle grade nonfiction explains the growth, spread, and recent declines of each of these four types of insects. Exploring human causes, like the Baltimore electric company that collected fireflies to attempt to harness their phosphorescent lighting source, to natural occurrences, like the mysterious colony collapse disorder that plagues bee populations, master nonfiction storyteller Mark Kurlansky shows just how much bugs matter to our world.
Praise For Bugs in Danger: Our Vanishing Bees, Butterflies, and Beetles…
“In his histories of cod and oysters, Mark Kurlansky described how those species once thrived in the wild, and how they were depleted. [World Without Fish] casts an even wider net and...creates a compelling narrative for young people.” —The New York Times
“Urgent” —Publishers Weekly
“An important and timely resource full of fascinating facts.” —Booklist
“Accessible, informational, and often humorous.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Fascinating title.” —School Library Connection
“An informative discussion of evolutionary biology and ecology” —Horn Book Magazine
Bloomsbury Children's Books, 9781547600854, 176pp.
Publication Date: November 12, 2019
About the Author
Mark Kurlansky is the New York Times bestselling author of Cod, Salt, Paper, The Basque History of the World, 1968, The Big Oyster, International Night, The Eastern Stars, A Continent of Islands, and The White Man in the Tree and Other Stories. He received the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Nonviolence, Bon Appetit's Food Writer of the Year Award, the James Beard Award, and the Glenfiddich Award. Salt was a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist. He spent ten years as Caribbean correspondent for the Chicago Tribune. He lives in New York City. www.markkurlansky.com.
