  | Full Text Reviews: Booklist - 12/01/2019 Move over, butterflies! Moths are all the rage here. The sheer variety of these winged insects is on beautiful display in this glib alphabet book, which highlights 26 types of moth while interspersing facts and trivia. The text can be jokey and uneven at times, but youngsters will glean enough insect info to make the reading worth their while. The real draw here is the large colored-pencil illustrations, which bring the many different patterns, textures, and colors of moths into focus. Mimics like the fly moth, green lips moth, and hummingbird moth will have readers scrutinizing the book’s pages, while they’ll ooh and aah over the colorful wings of the emperor, rosy maple, and sheep moths. Each entry gets a small paragraph of text—around three sentences—which may offer information on the featured insect or on moths in general, as well as a pair of spreads that zooms in on animal scales and the moth’s lifecycle. Similarities and differences to butterflies are noted throughout, but moths consistently reign supreme. Recommended for larger collections. - Copyright 2019 Booklist. Loading...
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