Backyard Bugs

Rating:
Summary: what a cute little book
Review: As others have said this is not a serious book. It's a cute coffee table book or something to be given to the kids. That doesn't make it bad, however. The pictures are wonderful. You get wonderfully clear photos of each bug.

One more thing, this is one of those books that make you wonder how it got published becuase it's so offbeat. The answer, in this case, lies in the acknowlegement page.

Rating:
Summary: what a cute little book
Review: As others have said this is not a serious book. It's a cute coffee table book or something to be given to the kids. That doesn't make it bad, however. The pictures are wonderful. You get wonderfully clear photos of each bug.

One more thing, this is one of those books that make you wonder how it got published becuase it's so offbeat. The answer, in this case, lies in the acknowlegement page.

Rating:
Summary: Great Introduction to Insects
Review: I like this book. I am a BIG buglover and have plenty of scientific field guides on insects. Robin's book is more relaxed, casual fun, and very enjoyable.

Her photographs are wonderful and the text light, perfect for introducing insect enthusiasts/children into a world that exists right in their very backyard.

I only withold one star because I really wanted all the insects to literally be from her backyard (she got some help from friends :). Okay, so maybe the follow-up book will do just that...right?

Rating:
Summary: Backyard Bugs
Review: I'd like to respond to Kimberly Wilson's review of my book, Backyard Bugs. She intimates that I "got it published" through connections revealed in the acknowledgement pages. How would she know? Actually, Chronicle Books asked me to do the book based on my postcards of bugs that an editor there had seen. Luckily I had some friends with places where bugs are allowed to exist. PLease pass this on to your reviewer, Miss Know It All. Thanks, Robin K. Laughlin

Rating:
Summary: Great Introduction to Insects
Review: I'd like to respond to Kimberly Wilson's review of my book, Backyard Bugs. She intimates that I "got it published" through connections revealed in the acknowledgement pages. How would she know? Actually, Chronicle Books asked me to do the book based on my postcards of bugs that an editor there had seen. Luckily I had some friends with places where bugs are allowed to exist. PLease pass this on to your reviewer, Miss Know It All. Thanks, Robin K. Laughlin

Rating:
Summary: Light weight book
Review: The author sees the wonders of the everyday insect and inspires that wonder in me through her written description of each bug and the clear photograph of each insect. She has a wonderful sense of humor and can tell a good story which holds my interest and keeps me turning the pages and savoring each bug story. The author writes about the crablike spiny orb weaver spider. "I found her in an azalea tree in northern Florida. These tiny spiders live on the edges of woodlands and in shrubby gardens. Their range extends from the southeastern United States west to California. They eat the small insects that they catch in round, vertical webs that they weave anew each night. The male is even smaller than the female and is seldom noticed, unlike most males in the animal kingdom." I have given this book to adults and children who marvel at the wonders of nature and who love a good story.