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Illumibugs

Explore the world of mini beasts with your magic 3 colour lens
By Barbara Taylor
Series: Illumi: See 3 Images in 1
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Illumibugs by Barbara Taylor is a captivating children's book that delves into the fascinating world of bugs and insects. Through vibrant illustrations and engaging storytelling, it introduces young readers to the diverse and intriguing creatures that light up the natural world. It's an educational journey full of wonder and discovery about the tiny, luminescent insects that inhabit our planet.
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You might enjoy this book if you're curious about the fascinating world of insects and want to learn about them through an engaging, interactive experience. It offers young readers an illuminating peek into the lives of various bugs, enhanced by captivating illustrations and fun facts that bring these tiny creatures to life.

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Journey through the undergrowth with your magic three-colour lens and discover over 180 minibeasts from every continent, under the sea and even from prehistoric times. With your lens in hand, discovermini beast habitats, and learn more about the impressive insects and other creepy crawlies that scuttle and wriggle around the world.

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Journey through the undergrowth with your magic three-colour lens (included) and discover over 180 minibeasts from every continent, under the sea and even from prehistoric times. Invertebrates make up nearly 97% of life on earth! With your lens in hand, discover mini beast habitats, and learn more about the impressive insects and other creepy crawlies that scuttle and wriggle around the world.

Your green lens reveals a habitat, spanning seven continents, under the sea and prehistoric times. Learn about the particular environments and challenges that minibeasts face here.

Your red lens brings to life insects including beetles, butterflies, moths, flies, and wasps.

Your blue lens uncovers the other invertebrate creepy crawlies from different mini beast families including worms, snails, and spiders.

Fact pages fill in the details and guide you through a world bursting with life and colour.

The latest in the bestselling Illumi series, Illumibugs is a hidden-world adventure with a fascinating scientific angle and the perfect gift for bug spotters aged 6 years and older. Innovative illustrations from award-winning design duo Carnovsky make this a natural history like no other, with hundreds of places, plants, and creatures to discover on three layers of detailed artwork. How many creepy crawlies will you find on your prehistoric journey?

See 3 images in 1 with the eye-boggling Illumi series, featuring magic-lens artwork from creative design duo Carnovsky. Bugs, dinosaurs, animals, the human body, and even ghosts are envisioned like never before in this groundbreaking series. The explosions of colour on each page are, in fact, three distinct layers of illustrations, each exploring a different aspect of a fascinating subject. Use the three-colour lens to reveal the hidden details on each one, then read all about the topic on in-depth fact pages. There’s always something new to discover in Illumi!

Series: Illumi: See 3 Images in 1

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    In Illumipedia, discover animals, insects, dinosaurs, and the ocean deeps with your three-colour lens as you explore the world and its natural phenomena like never before. Bringing together content from five books in the iconic Illumi series, this new treasury spans the best of Nature, Oceans, Bugs, and Dinosaurs across six continents. Each spectacular artwork is really three images in...
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  • Illumanatomy
    Look inside the human body with the magic three-colour lens in this follow-up to the internationally best-selling Illuminature. X-ray the body from head to toe and discover how your body works. Use the red lens to reveal the skeleton, look through the green lens to see how the muscles work, and X-ray your organs with the blue lens to discover...
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  • Illuminature
    Discover the dark and mysterious creatures of the night, whose super-sensory powers allow them to live and survive in the shadows. Then switch the lens to step into daylight, where the heat of the sun supercharges the secret lives of creatures big and small. Finally, use the third lens to reveal the luscious plant life of every habitat as you...
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  • Illumibugs
    Journey through the undergrowth with your magic three-colour lens (included) and discover over 180 minibeasts from every continent, under the sea and even from prehistoric times. Invertebrates make up nearly 97% of life on earth! With your lens in hand, discover mini beast habitats, and learn more about the impressive insects and other creepy crawlies that scuttle and wriggle around...
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  • Illuminoceans
    The ocean is a big, mysterious place. With the magic three-colour lens included in Illuminoceans, shed some light on the darkest depths of our watery world, and encounter the creatures, seascapes, and surprising underwater features of all of Earth's oceans. From the mighty Pacific to the polar seas, Illuminoceans takes readers on a journey of discovery through the most mysterious...
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  • Illuminightmare
    Set off on a supernatural journey to visit the most haunted places on Earth in this follow-up to the best-selling Illuminature, Illumanatomy, and Illuminatlas. Use your three-colour lens to explore each place: use the green lens to see the location, the red lens to see remnants from its history, and the blue lens to reveal the supernatural things that lurk...
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  • Illumisaurus
    Journey back in time to the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods with Illumisaurus, coming face-to-face with prehistory's most spectacular dinosaurs, plants, and animals. Bring this lost world to kaleidoscopic life with your magic three-colour viewing lens (included). With your lens in hand, discover amazing places and the creatures that roamed them many millions of years ago. Your green lens reveals...
    By Lucy Brownridge
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Illumibugs by Barbara Taylor is celebrated for its enchanting portrayal of bugs through vibrant illustrations and informative content. Reviewers often praise its ability to captivate children's interest with interactive elements and engaging facts about the insect world. The book is highlighted as both educational and entertaining, making it a delightful read for young audiences curious about nature.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780711275119

Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 18 October 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wide Eyed Editions

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Carnovsky

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 280.0mm

Height: 340.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 64

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Activity Books and Kits Barbara Taylor Children's Books Children's Picture Books Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Drawing, Colouring and Painting Books for Kids Series: Illumi: See 3 Images in 1

About the Author

Milan-based design duo Carnovsky was started by Silvia Quintanilla and Francesco Rugi in 2007. They have gained wide recognition for their RGB project, first displayed in 2010. Their work has been published in magazines around the world, such as Vogue, Wired, Frame, Wallpaper, Elle Decor, and Whitewall. Their wallpaper Jungla won the 2012 Wallpaper Magazine Design Award for Best Wallpaper.Barbara Taylor has written more than 120 childrens books and encyclopedias. She was previously Science Editor at Londons Natural History Museum. She has won the American Association of Physics Science Award and the National Literacy Association Wow Award.

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