Jack's Insects by Edmund Selous buddy blocks children have an admirable resilience

children have an admirable resilience despite facing various difficulties

This is a book that needed to be written--an invaluable resource for anyone who wants to be more than an armchair forager

When a citywide contest solicited plans for creating a park out of barren swampland

never knowing what lay beyond

Author Howard Pyle

Jack's Insects by Edmund Selous buddy blocks children have an admirable resilienceWhen Jack receives a book on insects for his birthday, Maggie wishes one could get 'into' a book. And so they do, experiencing adventures with insects of all sorts as they 'travel' through the book. Along the way they encounter a butterfly with a grievance, extraordinary caterpillars, a hungry spider, a distinguished musician (a katydid), as well as fireflies, locusts, grasshoppers, wasps, bees, and more. Each animal is brought to life so vividly