Insect Adventures
by Jean-Henri FABRE (1823 - 1915)The Wasp and the Cricket
This book is composed of selections from Alexander Teixeira de Mattos’ Translation of Fabre’s “Souvenirs Entomologiques,” retold for children. It's made up of first-person narratives, and using his exceptional observation skills, gives us a close-up peep into the world of insects, including bees, wasps, worms, beetles, moths, and spiders, to name a few. When Fabre first published this work, as the Preface indicates, he was criticized by some scientists in his field for writing a scientific book that was "too interesting." - Summary by Devorah Allen
Listen next episodes of Insect Adventures:
Fly Scavengers , Parasites , The Banded Spider , The Boy Who Loved Insects , The Building of a Spider’s Web , The Cabbage Caterpillar , The Clotho Spider , The Crab Spider , The Fly-Hunting Wasp , The Geometry of a Spider’s Web , The Great Peacock Moths , The Labyrinth Spider , The Pine Caterpillar , The Spiders’ Telegraph-Wire , The Tarantula , The Truffle-Hunting Beetle