Richard 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.
Description
Preface 107 species limericks - from Wasp to Assassin Bug. Index
Reviews
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. -- The Buzz, Buglife, Summer 2021 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 Magazine