Children's Writing on Nature and Conservation

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A Bug’s World

By Dr Erica McAlister

Did you know that…
Flies can help us solve crimes?
Spiders can be astronauts?
Moths are the ultimate fashion designers?

From making our food to keeping the planet clean and solving crimes, bugs come to our rescue every day. Often without us even realising! Discover the extraordinary things that bugs do for us – and how we can look after them too – in this vibrant gift book written by the Natural History Museum’s senior entomologist.

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About Dr Erica McAlister

Erica McAlister Hon. FRES is an entomologist, museum curator and presenter in the United Kingdom. She is an expert in flies (Diptera) and is senior curator at the Natural History Museum, London. She is current President of the Amateur Entomologists’ Society.

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