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A Beetle Is Shy

A Beetle Is Shy

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  • Create Date：2023-04-03 06:52:20
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：Dianna Hutts Aston
  • ISBN：1797215876
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Summary

Now in paperback！ A gorgeous look at the fascinating world of beetles from the creators of the award-winning Nature Book series。

From the acclaimed duo Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long， creators of An Egg Is Quiet， A Seed Is Sleepy， and A Rock Is Lively， this beautiful paperback edition of A Beetle Is Shy is here to open a world of wonders to a new audience of young readers。 From flea beetles to bombardier beetles， an incredible variety of these beloved bugs are showcased here in all their splendor。

Poetic in voice and elegant in design， this carefully researched book is sure to inspire lively questions and spark the imaginations of young readers。 This beautiful volume will be equally at home being read to a child on a parent’s lap as it is in a classroom reading circle。
 

AFFORDABLE FORMAT: A paperback format makes this highly acclaimed title accessible to an even broader range of readers。

A NATURE BOOK TO TREASURE: Beautifully illustrated and brimming with facts about the wonderfully weird， diverse， and amazing world of beetles， curious kids will find a wealth of information and inspiration in this fascinating picture book。
 
EVERYONE LOVES THIS SERIES！:
An Egg Is Quiet
"A delight for budding naturalists of all stripes， flecks， dots， and textures。" —Kirkus Reviews， starred review
"Will inspire kids to marvel。" —Booklist
A Junior Library Guild Premiere selection
One of Scholastic Parent & Child magazine's 100 Greatest Books for Kids
 
A Butterfly Is Patient
"Both eye-catching and informative。" —School Library Journal， starred review
"A lovely mix of science and wonder。" —Publishers Weekly， starred review
"Stunning。" —Library Media Connection， starred review
An ALA Notable Children's Book
An NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students Grades K–12
An NCTE Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts
 
A Rock Is Lively
"Eye-catching and eye-opening。" —School Library Journal， starred review
"A visual and verbal feast。" —Boston Globe
An IRA Teachers' Choices Reading List selection
 
A Seed Is Sleepy
"Will stretch children's minds and imaginations。" —School Library Journal， starred review
An IRA Teachers' Choices Reading List selection
 
A Nest Is Noisy
"Beautiful 。 。 。 an asset to science collections。" —Booklist
A Junior Library Guild selection

Perfect for:
Parents， teachers， librarians， in-school educators， and homeschoolers
Preschool， kindergarten， and emerging readers with an interest in insects and nature
Fans of Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt and others in the Over and Under series
For boys and girls who love books about bugs， animals， nature， and the world around them
Anyone interested in learning more about the planet we inhabit
Gift giving for any holiday as well as birthdays and springtime or summer reading

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Reviews

Cheryl ，

Concise and pretty introduction to satisfy me。 Not enough different kinds of beetles， not enough to learn that isn't random trivia， no back matter。 Concise and pretty introduction to satisfy me。 Not enough different kinds of beetles， not enough to learn that isn't random trivia， no back matter。 。。。more

Deke Moulton ，

Visually stunning glimpse into the variations of beetle species， all cleverly tied to different ways kids can feel about the world， like being shy。 There is informational paragraphs that offer more explanation on different aspects of a beetle， but the main story is a rhyming poem that shows how various and wineries there insects are。

Janet ，

Love the collaboration between the author and artist in this series of nature creatures。 This one focuses on beetles and they have chosen very colorful one to describe some characteristics of beetles。 The double page spread of the stages from eggs to adults is informative。 Some of the terms descriptive of beetles include the words prehistoric， helpful， harmful， armored， a digger， runner， hopper， or swimmer。

Nolan Brendel ，

I liked the book because it showed the life of a couple beetles and it also showed me a bunch of new species of beetles。

nicola-jo randle ，

Can't recommend enough。 Stunning illustrations， great information， eye catching layout。 This is one of my daughters favourites Can't recommend enough。 Stunning illustrations， great information， eye catching layout。 This is one of my daughters favourites 。。。more

Kassie Justice ，

This book begins with the beginning of life for a beetle。 We get to see the stages of life for a beetle as well as different characteristics of what beetles can look like。 There is information on where you can find beetles around the world as well as the activities that you can see beetles doing。 This entire book is a great resource to learn the surface materials of beetles。

Kathryn ，

As with the other books in the series， the artwork is absolutely gorgeous and I like how it made me appreciate the subtle details of these amazing creatures。 My five-year-old really enjoyed looking at this。 He is very artistic and the illustrations captivated him。 The text is pleasant and informative， though I do wish there was a Bibliography， at least。

Linda Klein ，

No glossary， which adds to the usefulness of a beetle catalog。 I have some questions - why is a beetle larva stage called "instar"？ Not a term I know， I doubt a child would either。 But again， no glossary。 Also， with a young audience， it's nice to have a pronunciation guide。 Difficult words like "kaleidoscopic" and "iridescent"。 For the most part， the book is focused on images， which are indeed beautiful。 After all， beetles are beautiful。 And there are many interesting facts about dozens of beetl No glossary， which adds to the usefulness of a beetle catalog。 I have some questions - why is a beetle larva stage called "instar"？ Not a term I know， I doubt a child would either。 But again， no glossary。 Also， with a young audience， it's nice to have a pronunciation guide。 Difficult words like "kaleidoscopic" and "iridescent"。 For the most part， the book is focused on images， which are indeed beautiful。 After all， beetles are beautiful。 And there are many interesting facts about dozens of beetle species。 Other things that bothered me: it tells the reader they are insects， but doesn't explain why。 So this really serves as a visual celebration of beetles suitable for young readers looking for images to please them。 But the text？ Meh。 。。。more

Bailey Hammond ，

A beetle is Shy by Dianna Hutts Aston is a great nonfiction book about bugs for kids。 The layout and illustrations are great for kids to understand and be fascinated by each bug they read about。 This book could inspire kids that want to learn more about insects or engage kids that like insects with their reading。 This book would be great for little explorers in the classroom。

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A。 Salim ，

Beautiful illustrations and a great way to teach about the life of a beetle。

Tony Pope ，

A 2018-2019 Georgia Picture Book Award Nominee， colorful illustrations and informative text tells the reader about what beetles are。。。。

Aj Fried ，

This is a great book！ I love the art！ And this is a spoiler: besides learning that beetles are fast， swimmers， and shy--learning that they are tasty made this book fabulous。 Though I still don't want to eat bugs ;o） This is a great book！ I love the art！ And this is a spoiler: besides learning that beetles are fast， swimmers， and shy--learning that they are tasty made this book fabulous。 Though I still don't want to eat bugs ;o） 。。。more

Jefferson Torres ，

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Kimberly Bocciardi ，

A Beetle Is Shy is a beautifully written and illustrated book all about beetles。 It is formatted and even written like a book of fiction and/or poetry。 It showcases beetles from around the world from Australia to Vietnam。 The book gives detailed information about a variety of beetles and brings them to life by highlighting their characteristics with bold adjectives。 The creative use of adjectives not only describes their characteristics， but gives each beetle personality。This is an informational A Beetle Is Shy is a beautifully written and illustrated book all about beetles。 It is formatted and even written like a book of fiction and/or poetry。 It showcases beetles from around the world from Australia to Vietnam。 The book gives detailed information about a variety of beetles and brings them to life by highlighting their characteristics with bold adjectives。 The creative use of adjectives not only describes their characteristics， but gives each beetle personality。This is an informational text that could be used kindergarten through 5th grade。 This would be a great book to use with the first grade organism curriculum。 Beetles are the most diverse group of organisms on Earth。 I see this book being used to inspire students to try and present information in a colorful and artistic way。 This book has vivid illustrations of the life cycle of a beetle which students could reference in order to create their own life cycle of a beetle or a different organism。 This is a WOW book for me because of the creative presentation of information。 I love that it doesn't fit the mold of a typical non-fiction book。 The majority of non-fiction texts contain real photographs of the information that is presented。 Instead of using photographs， this book uses lifelike illustrations to detail all the intricacies of each beetle。 One page describes the beetle as a kaleidoscope and is filled with an explosion of color and detail with several different kinds of beetles displayed。 I never knew beetles could be so beautiful！ 。。。more

Kennedy Cecil ，

I liked the information this book gave to the reader about beetles。 It gave many great detailed pictures with so many facts。 I feel that students can learn a lot about bugs from this book。

Elaine Fultz， Teacher Librarian， MLS ，

Love this series， but this one is not my favorite （that would be Rock is Lively）。

Genevieve ，

Informative text that the kids found very interesting and from which we all learned some。 It’s the beautiful illustrations that really captures our attention， though， and the entire series now makes for a lovely display on our nature desk。

Owen Baker ，

Colourful and full of facts。 This book tells you loads of great facts about beetles，like the titan beetle is seven inches long。It’s a beautifully illustrated non fiction picture book。 Aimed to young readers but apeals to all ages。I think readers would like it because there is a lot of knowledge to be gained from it。 I enjoined it because it surprised me with some of the facts。 It made me think about the wide variety of beetles。 A great book for all insect lovers。

AMY ，

What a beautiful book of information on the beetle！ I learned a lot from reading it。 The illustrations are excellent， colorful and creatively positioned。 It appears these insects have taken over the book， crawling everywhere！ I loved it！ I will definitely purchase the rest of her series。 Highly recommended for Grades 2-5 and teachers could read aloud to first grade， too。

Brianna Owoc ，

A beetle is shy is an informative nonfiction book on beetles。 In the book， there are bright colors and labels to show what type beetles there are。 The development and life of a beetle are shown in a creative way making it interesting for children。 The story has an easy flow and provides different facts for a student to learn from the story。

Linsey Atkinson ，

This is a good book for students as it explains the life of a beetle。 It’s explains every aspect of a book while also having very colorful pages through the book。

Atlas Miladin ，

This book was very informational。 It provided many facts about beetles that I was unaware of。 I like how this picture book included some scientific terms and explained them in a way that children can easily understand。 The information is provided with lots of colorful pictures that help explain the topics。 I think this book would be a great addition to my future classroom！

Michelle Gray ，

Super interesting to read and filled with really beautiful illustrations of different beetles。

Melki ，

One of the most beautifully illustrated kids' books I've ever seen， AND， pretty much everything you'd ever want to know about beetles。 One of the most beautifully illustrated kids' books I've ever seen， AND， pretty much everything you'd ever want to know about beetles。 。。。more

Michelle ，

Beautiful pictures！

Peacegal ，

A Beatle is ShyI know I would have loved this as a youthful insect fan。 Even those who may not be so sure about bugs may think twice after seeing the incredible colors and diversity of the beetle world。 This book is a lot of fun and imparts a sense of wonder about even the smallest aspects of the natural world。 A Beatle is ShyI know I would have loved this as a youthful insect fan。 Even those who may not be so sure about bugs may think twice after seeing the incredible colors and diversity of the beetle world。 This book is a lot of fun and imparts a sense of wonder about even the smallest aspects of the natural world。 。。。more

Ginny Daniels ，

Gorgeous illustrations！ Love the layout of information！

Farhana Afroz ，

A wonderful poetic science book for the children。 Fun to read and at the same time， the children will get a lot of information about the beetle。

Alyssa ，

This book tells about the life cycle of the beetle， the different types of beetles， and the different traits that beetles can have。 This book would be great text for informative writing but also a great mentor text for teaching incorporating descriptive words into writing。

tpg0 ，

As an AI language model， I haven't read the book "A Beetle Is Shy" by Dianna Hutts Aston， but I can share some information about it。 According to the synopsis， "A Beetle Is Shy" is a beautifully illustrated non-fiction book that explores the fascinating world of beetles。 It is part of a series of nature books that teach kids about different plants and animals。 The book features colorful and detailed illustrations that showcase the intricate patterns and designs of beetles。 It also includes interesting facts about the different types of beetles and their behavior， making it a great educational resource for children。 Overall， "A Beetle Is Shy" is a delightful book that introduces young readers to the wonders of the natural world and inspires a love of science and nature。

tpg1 ，

As an AI language model， I am not capable of personal opinions or emotions。 However， I can provide you with information about the book 'A Beetle Is Shy' by Dianna Hutts Aston， illustrated by Sylvia Long。 'A Beetle Is Shy' is a beautifully illustrated picture book that explores the incredible world of beetles。 It showcases different types of beetles， their physical features， lifestyles， and behaviors in a fun and engaging way that young readers will enjoy。 The book also includes interesting facts about beetles and their ecological importance。 The stunning illustrations by Sylvia Long capture the diversity and beauty of beetles， making the book appealing to children and adults alike。 With its poetic text and informative content， 'A Beetle Is Shy' is an excellent addition to any classroom or home library that encourages children to appreciate nature and learn about the environment。

tpg2 ，

As an AI language model， I cannot provide a personal opinion on the matter， but "A Beetle Is Shy" is a beautiful children's picture book written by author and illustrator Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long， respectively。 The book explores the fascinating world of beetles， showcasing their beauty， diversity， and secretive demeanor。 The artwork is exquisite， and the text is informative and engaging， making it a perfect educational tool for young readers interested in nature and science。 It is also an excellent choice for parents and educators looking to introduce children to the wonders of the natural world。

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