Barner, Bob. Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!Chronicle Books, 1999.
A nonsense rhyme introduces younger children to familiar bugs. Includes a fun facts section.

Evans, Christine. Evelyn, the Entomologist: The True Story of a Traveling Bug Hunter. The Innovation Press, 2019
The beautifully illustrated true story of Evelyn Cheeseman, the first female curator of the London Zoo's Insect House. In 1925 Evelyn abandoned the societal norms expected of women at the time and embarked on her first of eight solo expeditions to collect insects from around the world. Her adventures in collecting insect specimens transformed a dusty old room at the London Zoo into a thriving attraction.

Evans, Lynette. Bug Life. Insight Kids, 2013.
Evocative yet simple storylines and stunning illustrations combine to unravel the intricacies of insect life. Zoom in to discover more about the hidden life of ladybugs. Join a ladybug on a fast-paced adventure, and on the way, learn about her environment and daily activities, coming face to face with both predator and prey.

Guyton, John W. Bug Lab for Kids: Family-Friendly Activities For Exploring the Amazing World of Beetles, Butterflies, Spiders and Other Arthropods. Quarry Books, 2018.
Prepare to cozy up with spiders, centipedes, butterflies, and bees, to name just a few! In Bug Lab for Kids, Mississippi State University associate professor, extension entomologist (bug expert), and educator John W. Guyton shares his knowledge and excitement about all things beautiful, creepy, and crawly.

Harrington, Janice N. Buzzing with Questions: The Inquisitive Mind of Charles Henry Turner. (A NSTA/CBC Best STEM Book)
The illustrated true story of Charles Henry Turner, a groundbreaking African American entomologist and teacher in the early 20th century. It was his belief that “biology could help people see the connections among all living things." Turner's fascination with insects led to groundbreaking discoveries, as he became the first person to prove that insects can hear and can distinguish pitch, that cockroaches can learn by trial and error and that honeybees can see color and patterns. Harrington explains Turner's research methods with fascinating, kid-friendly details.

Jackson, Donna M. The Bug Scientists. Houghton Mifflin, 2002.
Bug scientists, called entomologists, present information on insects and explain how they use that information in their work.

Martins, Dino J. You Can Be an Entomologist.National Geographic, 2019.
There are more than one million different kinds of insects in the world ... and curious young minds seem to have just as many questions about them! This book is set up in a child-friendly, question-and-answer format, and has lots of wonderful images, too. Children will learn how real scientists observe insects, capture them to study up close, and release them back into the wild.

Spencer, Sophia. The Bug Girl: A True Story. Schwartz & Wade Books, 2020.
Sophia Spencer has loved bugs ever since she was only two-and-a-half years old. In preschool and kindergarten, Sophia was thrilled to share what she knew about grasshoppers (her very favorite insects), as well as ants and fireflies . . . but by first grade, not everyone shared her enthusiasm. Some students bullied her, and Sophia stopped talking about bugs altogether. When Sophia's mother wrote to an entomological society looking for a bug scientist to be a pen pal for her daughter, she and Sophie were overwhelmed by the enthusiastic response. Using the hashtag BugsR4Girls, scientists tweeted hundreds of times to tell Sophia to keep up her interest in bugs--and it worked!

Unwin, Mike. My First Book of Garden Bugs. Bloomsbury, 2009.
Take a journey through the garden and discover the bugs that are living there. The beautiful illustrations create the world of the garden, combined with text that leads young readers to the hiding places of various bugs. inviting them to guess what creature they have found.
My First Book of Garden Bugs is the perfect introduction to the names of some common garden insects, along with interesting facts about them.