Felicia Macheske - Lanky Legs: Praying Mantis

Published in the United States of America by
Cherry Lake Publishing
Ann Arbor, Michigan
www.cherrylakepublishing.com

Content Adviser: Susan Heinrichs Gray
Reading Adviser: Marla Conn, ReadAbility, Inc.
Book Designer: Felicia Macheske

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Macheske, Felicia, author.
Lanky legs / Felicia Macheske.
pages cm. (Guess what)
Summary: Young children are natural problem solvers and always looking for answers, especially when it involves interesting
insects. Guess What: Lanky Legs: Praying Mantis provides young curious readers with striking visual clues and simply written hints.
Using the photos and text, readers rely on visual literacy skills, reading, and reasoning as they solve the insect mystery. Clearly
written facts give readers a deeper understanding of how the praying mantis lives. Additional text features, including a glossary and
an index, help students locate information and learn new words Provided by publisher.
Audience: K to grade 3.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-63470-720-6 (hardcover) ISBN 978-1-63470-750-3 (pbk.) ISBN 978-1-63470-735-0 (pdf) ISBN 978-1-63470-765-7
(ebook)
1. Praying mantisJuvenile literature. 2. Childrens questions and answers. I. Title.
QL505.9.M35M33 2016
595.727dc23
ISBN-13 978-1-68444-549-3 (ebook)
2015026087

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Table of Contents

I have very
big eyes
to look
for food.

Sometimes I
can change
color to
hide .

I catch food
with my long
front legs .

My head
is shaped
like a
triangle .

Sometimes
I like to
dance .

I might lay
hundreds
of eggs
in a case .

I need to
molt so I
can grow.

Yum!

I like to
eat other
insects .

Do you know what I am?

Im a
Praying
Mantis!

About Praying Mantises

A praying mantis sometimes eats
another praying mantis.

Praying mantises have five eyes.

Praying mantises have only one ear.
It is located on their belly.

A newborn praying mantis, or nymph ,
looks like a tiny adult praying mantis.

Praying mantises can turn their
heads 180 degrees. That means they
can look straight behind themselves.

Glossary

case (KASE) an object that is used to hold
something

insects (IN-sekts) small animals with no backbone,
six legs, and three main body sections

molt (MOHLT) to break out of old skin or an old
shell, in order to grow larger

nymph (NIMF) a name used for some insects,
such as praying mantises, that have not yet
become adults

Index

case,
colors,

ears,
eating,
eggs,