Worms (Nature study)

by JenniferColdrey (Author), OxfordScientificFilms (Illustrator)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1989

  $7.23

  This easy reading book which is part of a series describes the smooth slimy earthworm, those with scales and bristles and others with tentacles and suckers. Some of these creatures live in the earth others in fresh water or the sea and they all eat different kinds of food. Leeches feed by eating or sucking the blood of other animals, earthworms eat soil amd absorb bits of dead plant and animal remains from it, flatworms and bristleworms feed on small animals such as other worms and insects and also dead animals. This version can be used simultaneously with the original volume in mixed ability classrooms. Jenny Coldrey is a freelance writer and has written several books in the Discovering Nature series.