BIBFRAME Work

Title

Megabugs

Type

• Text
• Monograph

Contribution

• Bindon, John (illustrator )
• Becker, Helaine (author )

Subject

• Insects, Fossil--Juvenile literature (CCT)
• JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / Insects, Spiders, etc. (BISACSH)
• Arthropoda, Fossil (LCSH)
• Insects, Fossil (FAST)
• Arthropoda, Fossil (FAST)
• Insects, Fossil (LCSHAC)
• Insects, Fossil (LCSH)
• Arthropodes fossiles--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse (RVM)
• Arthropoda, Fossil (LCSHAC)
• Insectes fossiles--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse (RVM)
• Arthropoda, Fossil--Juvenile literature (CCT)

Genre Form

• Livres d'images (RVMGF)
• Instructional and educational works (FAST)
• Instructional and educational works (LCGFT)
• Juvenile literature
• Picture books (FAST)
• Literature (LCGFT)
• Picture books (LCGFT)
• 1411637 (FAST)
• Matériel d'éducation et de formation (RVMGF)
• picture books (AAT)

Language

• English

Illustrative Content

• illustrations

Classification

• UDC: 560
• Q915.819-49
• LCC: QE815 .B43 2019 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
• coll13
• DDC: j565
• cci1icc

Content

• text
• still image

Supplementary content

• bibliography
• index

Summary

"A millipede the size of a basketball player? A pit-bull-sized scorpion? It's hard to believe, but such mega-critters once lived on our planet. In this peek into prehistory, award-winning science writer Helaine Becker introduces us to nine of these terrifying giants. You'll discover when and where they lived, how they grew to their mega-sizes and what (thankfully!) caused their extinction. On each spread, a highly realistic illustration shows us what the animal looked like, in its habitat, based on fossil evidence. Each spread is chock-full of visual information, including a size chart that shows how big the animal could grow, a timeline placing the animal in its geological period and a map of where its fossils have been discovered. Sidebars throughout expand on scientific and historical concepts, such as adaptation and the Permian extinction. Written to engage a hi-lo (high interest, low reading level) audience, Megabugs is sure to satisfy dino-lovers, bug-lovers and kids fascinated by prehistoric life."-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

How Old Is Earth? -- The Dangler: Aegirocassis -- The Spy: Isotelus -- The Paddler: Eurypterus -- The Pincher: Jaekelopterus -- The Stinger: Pulmonoscorpius -- The Slitherer: Arthropleura -- The Flier: Meganeuropsis -- Giants Of Today -- Megabugs Of The Future -- A Note On The Illustrations.

Authorized Access Point

Becker, Helaine. Megabugs

Intended audience

• Children
• juvenile

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:16:56.705668+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 24005127

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc