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ladybugs
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Posted: Sept 16 2006 at 6:15pm \| IP Logged

I've posted some cool pics on my blog that we took of some dragonflies we found this morning.

Any good book recommendations to accompany?

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Posted: Sept 16 2006 at 8:28pm \| IP Logged

Maria,

We really enjoyed A Dragon in the Sky: The Story of a Green Darner Dragon Fly by Laurence Pringle. It is as close to a living book about an insect as you can get as he tells the life story of a male green darner fly with great biological accuracy and beautiful illustrations. He did a similar book about monarch butterflies. Great pictures on your blog too!

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Posted: Sept 16 2006 at 8:41pm \| IP Logged

Thanks, Marjorie!

I've just put it on hold!

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We just went to a dragonfly festival and they had a gorgeous book on display called A Dazzle of Dragonflies. It was a little expensive ($40) so we didn't buy it there. I am hoping to get it later from Amazon ($27) since they don't have a copy at our library.

It is a really beautiful book.

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Posted: Sept 17 2006 at 1:53pm \| IP Logged

Oh, Cris, that book looks amazing. Thanks. And tell us about the Dragonfly festival - it sounds great, like my kind of homeschooling.

Another book that I have recommended here often (for bees and butterflies) is Dragonfly Beetle Butterfly Bee by Maryjo Koch. It is an absolutely lovely book - great for nature study and aspiring artists. Too bad it's OOP - I hope to find a used copy somewhere for less than what I've seen on Amazon.

Oh and BTW, your photos are lovely, Maria.

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Posted: Sept 17 2006 at 1:58pm \| IP Logged

Also, try Dragonfiles through Binoculars as a field guide to the many species of dragonflies.

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