虫のしわざ探偵団(NF)
Insect Detectives
カテゴリー: Japanese Children's Books、おすすめ!日本の子どもの本、ノンフィクション/nonfiction
『虫のしわざ 探偵団』(Mushi no shiwaza tanteidan)
果樹園や雑木林に囲まれた家に住んでいる著者が、家の周りの葉っぱに穴があけられていたり、壁にどろが固まってついていたりする現象を見つけ、「だれのしわざか」を探偵する写真絵本。例えば、クズの葉っぱのへりにかじった跡があるのはクズノチビタマムシのしわざ。虫の生態によって葉っぱの食べられ方が違うことがわかり、身の周りに多くの種類の虫が存在することがわかる。写真や観察の道具の丁寧な紹介もあり、自分でも観察してみたくなる。(土居)
出版社 | 少年写真新聞社 |
---|---|
初版年 | 2018年 |
ISBN | 978-4-87981-636-8 |
ページ数 | 48頁 |
サイズ | 19×26 |
対象年齢 | 8歳から |
キーワード | 昆虫 葉っぱ 観察 |
Insect Detectives
Living surrounded by orchards and trees, the author notices that the leaves near his house have holes in them, and the walls have patches of dried mud. “Whose doing is this?” he wonders, and his detective work begins. In this photo picture book, he discovers that the culprit nibbling the edges of kudzu leaves is a tiny jewel beetle. The one making a series of white lines on bamboo leaves is a spiky leaf beetle, who scratches the lines as it walks along and eats. According to each insect’s way of life, the leaves are eaten differently. This helps the author realize that a wide variety of insects live all around him. The book has detailed photos as well as introductions of tools for observing nature. It makes the reader want to examine nature too. (Doi)
- Text/Photos: Shinkai, Takashi
- Shonen Shashin Shimbunsha
- 2018
- 48 pages
- 19×26
- ISBN 978-4-87981-636-8
- Ages 8 +
Insects, Leaves, Observation