A Natural History of Insects in 100 Limericks by Richard Jones
The book is light in style but heavy in fact. A limerick teases the intellect, but this is backed up but scientific information in easily readable, bite-sized portions. The book is illustrated by simple but striking pictures by the authors son, who was only 13 at the time.A lyrical snapshot of some of insects found on this planet.. An informative book on insects interwoven with some utterly nonsensical rhymes.
-- Dr Erica McAlister * BBC Wildlife *This deliciously oddball collection of limericks about 100 well-known and not so well-known UK insects. The limericks lie somewhere between sophistication and silliness... They might make you wince, they'll certainly make you smile and you might learn something at the same time.
-- Richard Rickitt * BeeCraft Magazine *This sweet book by Jones and his son,
Brings insects to everyone,
With quick texts and nice pics,
In your head they will fix, Insect knowledge imparted with fun! * Bees for Development Journal *
Distinctly different... Useful and accurate... Fun to read.
* Bee Culture Magazine *100 insects profiled with a line drawing, limerick and some basic factoids plus a few extra non-insect invertebrates thrown in for good measure at the end. Light reading to dip in for a bit of cheer.
It's fun. I'd have thought this little gem would be as much at home in a junior school classroom as it would be in a Christmas stocking.
-- John Tennent * Atropos *This charming little book offers you a bit of a chuckle over a cup of coffee...
-- Frances McKim, Pest MagazineRichard Jones is an entomologist and writer – he has a way with worms. And before some bright pedant chips in, there are plenty of quite legitimate insect worms: glow-worm, wood-worm, meal-worm, horn-worm, wire-worm, silk-worm, inch-worm.
Calvin Ure-Jones has been on face-to-face and hand-to-bug terms with natural history all his young life, so when it came to drawing picture of insects he was raring to go.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781784272500 |
| ISBN 10 | 1784272507 |
| Title | A Natural History of Insects in 100 Limericks |
| Author | Richard Jones |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pelagic Publishing |
| Year published | 2021-05-04 |
| Number of pages | 120 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |