Minibeasts with Jess French

Join CBeebies' Jess French on an exciting tour of marvelous minibeasts. With her unparalleled zeal for insects, Jess French dives headfirst into the breathtaking world of invertebrates to explore their unbelievable adaptations and evolution and reveal incredible invertebrates from all over the world, from bird-eating tarantulas and glow-in-the-dark scorpions to meter-long stick insects and bat-eating centipedes. Fancy meeting a foot-long centipede or a spider the size of your dinner plate? With Minibeasts with Jess French, you can do just that from the safety and comfort of your sofa. Learn about the perfect co-evolution of nectar-drinking insects and the flowers they pollinate and discover how minibeasts mate, fight, hide, collaborate, evolve, and survive in the most extreme conditions. Jess's exuberant text enlightens readers on the fascinating and sometimes intense world of the minibeast, revealing everything from firefly Morse code to mid-flight kamikaze mating.

Dr Jess French is a passionate zoologist, naturalist and entomologist and presents CBeebies Minibeast Adventure with Jess. Jess grew up helping her dad with his exotic invertebrate-breeding business and became fascinated by minibeasts while caring for scorpions, tarantulas and a host of other creepy crawlies. Jess has degrees in zoology and veterinary medicine and surgery. @Zoologist_Jess / www.jessfrench.co.uk

Introducing minibeasts Part One: Eat Mouthparts Finding food Ingenious feeders Farmers Pollination Bloodsuckers Part Two: Prey Attack Chase me, chase me Ambush Venom Super silk Web of deceit Traps Defence Projectiles Camouflage Marvellous mimics Colour me toxic Escape artists Brute force Part Three: Love Courtship Choosing a mate Ensuring paternity Anatomy Love songs Fancy footwork Slugs and snails Caring for the young Birthday presents Birthday cakes Nests Mum's the word Devoted dads Cuckoos Glossary Author acknowledgements Photo credits Index