Some of the bugs in the icky bug book are actually spiders or arachnids, but most are true insects. The teacher would have to discuss the difference, i.e. number of legs and body parts.

I heard Jerry Pallotta speak and he had explained that he had created the alphabet books that he had, because when his children were young there were not interesting alphabet books, or really any alphabet books. Jerry writes this book on Icky Bugs very creatively and it is also educational.

I think that this book could either be used with students for ideas of creating an alphabet book as a class or for information on bugs.

This is a great informational alphabet book. It gives interesting information about different bugs for each letter. Jerry Pallotta was one of my favorite as a child becuase I was very interested in anything to do with animals.