Looking for something fun to do this summer with the younger set? How about exploring bugs? The First Book of Bugs by Margaret Williamson is another book in the Franklin Watts “First Book of” series published in the ’50s/’60s that is now in the public domain.
Youngsters will learn all about the creepy crawlies: crickets, beetles, flies, spiders, ants, moths and butterflies, wasps and bees.
The illustrations are detailed enough to help with identifying without being too schooly, making summer bug exploration fun!
The First Book of Bugs is in the public domain.
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