Let's Go Buggy: The Ultimate Family Guide to Insect Zoos and Butterfly Houses - Softcover

Troy Corley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0970624204 ISBN 13: 9780970624208

Publisher: Corley Publications, 2002

Synopsis

"Buzzing with swarms of buggy outings for families and school groups, this unique educational travel guide offers a bug's-eye view of the United States. Humming with details on more than 140 of the best bug and butterfly exhibits, this guide leads travelers by state to the buggiest zoos, museums, nature centers, insectariums, and botanical gardens. Perfect for planning family vacations, daylong excursions, and school field trips, the unique guide includes a month-by-month calendar of 75 delightful festivals including the Incredible Edible Insect Event in New Orleans and the Tarantula Festival in Coarse Gold, California. Also included are educational resources such as insect web sites and a comprehensive list of official state insects and butterflies. This bugged-out guide will delight any insect enthusiast, from parents and educators to nature lovers and savvy travelers."

About this title

About the Author:

Troy Corley is a journalist with more than 25 years of experience. Her work has appeared in numerous publications including Parade, FamilyFun, Travel & Leisure Family, and the Los Angeles Times. She teaches a research and writing class at the University of California, Los Angeles. She lives in Ojai, California.

Review:

"'Bugatists'(tm) everywhere will find it the ultimate guide for seeing America, bug-wise!" -- Arthur V. Evans, D.Sc., Research Associate, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.

"An incredible educational and family science resource. Science educators...will kill to get their hands on this book." -- Bob Spear, Chief Reviewer and Publisher, Heartland Reviews

"Being 'bugged' has never been so much fun!" -- Susan Peterson, author of "Fun and Educational Places to Go With Kids in Southern California."

"If you’re itching to take a bug-related field trip with your students, then this is ideal for you!" -- National Science Teachers Association's NSTA Recommendation

"Let's Go Buggy! is a creepy, crawly, amusingly invaluable guide to critter hangouts." -- Roberta Sandler, Travel Columnist, 50 Plus Magazine

"Your ideal family nature guide . . . thorough and entertaining." -- Fearlessreviews.com

This is a very cool book...Who knew there are tarantula festivals? -- Linda Stivala, Gansevoort House Books, Little Falls, New York

What a great resource, and fun and unusual too. -- Sheila Ellison, author of 365 Afterschool Activities and The Courage to Be a Single Mother

About this edition

• Publisher: Corley Publications
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0970624204
• ISBN 13: 9780970624208
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256