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Locusts, Locusts, Everywhere!

by Julie T. Brenes; Illustrated by Diane Lucas

22 pages; Saddle stitched; illustrated children's book, full-color; catalogue #07-0204; ISBN 1-4251-1792-9; US$10.96, C$12.60, EUR8.55, £5.66

Locusts,Locusts, Everywhere! is both entertaining and educational, grabbing each child's attention with bright and colorful illustrations, and stirring his or her interest in nature as well as poetry and music.

About the Book

Locusts,Locusts, Everywhere! is an entertaining as well as educational non-fiction book for young children, which draws the interest of children from pre-school age up to age 9, both through vivid, colorful and whimsical illustrations, and its smart use of poetry and musical knowledge. The story is based upon the author's own childhood experiences with one of nature's oddest insects, in the small town in which she spent her most formative years. The author's use of rhyming text in some parts of the story not only enhances a child's interest in the story, but also draw upon the intellect of the listener, increasing his or her interest in nature, poetry, and music! The illustrations in this book are sensational, and help to interest a child even more in the lesson taught in the story, which is that even the strangest and sometimes most annoyingly loud creatures - in this case locusts (properly known as Cicadas), can be interesting and beautiful in their own particular and peculiar way. In this witty book, Locusts are seen in a different light than every before. In this enlightening story, locusts dance around tree limbs, buzzing and metaphorically dancing and playing an orchestra of instruments, from dusk until dark, in and around the beautiful, green Tala Trees along the driveway of a young girl's childhood home. The way the author has written this story in the first person makes it more personally relative and interestng to each child, as he or she listens to another child's own experiences, which is something all children love to do. Children love to hear stories. They crave knowledge, and they love to hear about nature in action; and today more than ever, children have an interest in verse which rhymes. This book has it all.

About the Author

The author is a native-born Texan, who resides near Dallas, Texas, and has one son, now a teenager, who - as a child, was her inspiration for beginning to write for young children. Her talents and past experience in the performing and creative arts are present throughout this colorful story. Some of the author's and her son's favorite insects are the Cricket, the Locust (Cicada), Dragonfly, and Firefly.

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