Skip to main content
City of Melbourne Libraries
Advanced search
Thumbnail for The little things that run the city : 30 amazing insects that live in Melbourne!
Remove from your active Pick listSave for later
Share

The little things that run the city : 30 amazing insects that live in Melbourne!

Cranney, Kate2017
Book

Total copies: 8

Available: 6

Availability by location
Place reservation
"In this book, you will get to imagine that you are an insect living in Melbourne's parks! Imagine drinking nectar from flowers, flying over the swings, or crawling on the ground in between blades of grass. You will also get to learn some words in the Boon wurrung Aboriginal language. Do you know that the Boon wurrung word for insect is 'kam-kam-koor'? Let's meet some of the amazing insects living with us in the City of Melbourne!"--page [2].
Main title:
The little things that run the city : 30 amazing insects that live in Melbourne! / by Kate Cranney, Sarah Bekessy, and Luis Mata ; in partnership with the City of Melbourne ; illustrations: Kate Cranney ; photographs: Luis Mata.
Author:
Cranney, Kate, author, illustratorBekessy, Sarah Adine, authorMata, Luis, author, photographerMelbourne (Vic.). Council, issuing bodyRMIT University. Interdisciplinary Conservation Science Research Group, project director
Work:
The little things that run the city : 30 amazing insects that live in Melbourne!
Imprint:
[Melbourne] City of Melbourne, 2017.©2017
Collation:
64 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 22 cm.
Notes:
First published May 2017."This book is an outreach educational resource prepared by Kate Cranney, Sarah Bekessy and Luis Mata for the City of Melbourne. Kate, Sarah and Luis work as part of the Interdisciplinary Conservation Science Research Group at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia."--page [2].Includes bibliographical references.Also available online.
ISBN:
9781742509006 (print)
Dewey class:
595.7099451595595.7
Language:
English
Added title:
30 amazing insects that live in Melbourne!
Subject:
Insects -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Juvenile literatureUrban ecology (Biology) -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Juvenile literatureMelbourne (Vic.) -- Environmental aspects
BRN:
466641
Electronic access:
https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/sitecollectiondocuments/little-things-run-city.pdf - Click here to download book as PDF
Bookmark link:
https://librarysearch.melbourne.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=466641
490