Best Selling Books by Judy Hawes

A brief study of the first creatures on earth to develop voices and an aversion to dry skin.

"[In] a revision of the 1963 edition, [a] brief, clearly written text [tells of a young girl who] learns some interesting facts about fireflies from her grandfather. Alexander uses richly hued pastels for her illustrations of the young girl, her grandparents'' farm, and the creatures of a summer night."—SLJ.

A detailed view of the small black and red ladybug that unobtrusively eats its weight in aphids and other crop-injuring insects.

A youngster tells why he likes toads, especially the one in his garden, and reminds us that a single toad can eat 10,000 insects and 2,000 cutworms in a summer.

Describes the physical characteristics and habits of tree frogs, particularly the peeper whose song is a harbinger of spring.

In Ethiopia boys do not speak to their fathers until they are spoken to, but Abebe had to convince his father that modern science could cure the family''s flocks better than the medicine man.

Describes the characteristics and habits of the tall spiderlike daddy longlegs.

A detailed view of the small black and red ladybird that unobtrusively eats its weight in aphids and other crop-injuring insects.