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How to be Brilliant at Living Things contains 35 photocopiable sheets for use with 7-11 year olds. The creative activities are designed to help children develop scientific understanding of the fascinating topics associated with living things. They are addressed directly to the children. They are self-contained and many children will be able to work with little additional support.

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A moth with a sixth sense. A wasp that hunts beetles nearly twice its size. The lives of fascinating creatures such as these were unknown until one man introduced them to the world. Meet Jean-Henri Fabre, one of the most important naturalists of all time. As a boy in the French countryside, Henri spent hours watching insects. He dreamed of observing them in a new way: in their own habitats. What he discovered in pursuing that dream was shocking; these small, seemingly insignificant creatures led secret lives-lives of great drama! With its lively, lyrical text and richly detailed illustrations, this intriguing picture-book biography introduces the man who would forever change the way we look at insects, bringing to life the fascinating world of dazzling beetles, ferocious wasps, and other amazing small wonders that exist all around us.