Bugs in 3-D [With 3-D Lenses Built Into Cover]

By Mark Blum

Spiders, scorpions, and wasps, oh my The creepiest, crawliest, and hairiest bugs are featured in this amazing collection of 3-D photographs. Tarantulas, millipedes, flies, bumblebees, beetles, and all sorts of other tiny critters loom monstrously into view with fascinating and alarming detail in this foolproof 3-D experience. Complete with lenses innovatively bound into the hardback cover at precisely the right viewing distance (as in the very popular "Beneath the Sea in 3-D"), "Bugs in 3-D" will open your eyes to the amazing world of the little creatures around us. With informative captions and a fun glossary of terms, this new volume brings you face to face with tarantula hawks, Clemence's blue butterflies, zebra tarantulas, tussock moth caterpillars, dragon-headed katydids, and hordes of other bugs sure to delight and terrify nature lovers of all ages.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811819450
• ISBN13: 9780811819459
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4

Customer Reviews

Another GREAT Mark Blum Book!

Mark Blum is clearly a very talented and skillful nature photographer! His books, including BUGS IN 3-D, are all FABULOUS! I can't recommend this book highly enough! In BUGS IN 3-D, you will be shrunk to the size of a grasshopper, taken off to exotic forests, and introduced face-to-face to some really amazing insects! It is just like entering their world! INCREDIBLE!The photography is exquisite!The 3-D stereo effect is remarkable!The subject is fascinating!The price is bargain!There are NO negatives about this book! Children, parents, science students, naturalists; I can't think of anybody who won't love this book!BUY IT!!

Not just for kids

The publisher has unfortunately tried to market these fabulous works as childrens books (not that they aren't wonderful for kids as well), but these photos are truely amazing both in the quality of the photography, but also in the presentation. They are printed on very high quality coated paper with a STURDY set of lenses built right into the hard cover, which allows you to view them in all their splendor without any additional equipment.These are not red/blue lenses! The images are presented in true color stereo pairs and when viewed, merge into a single, dynamic 3D image - WOW! I can't say enough about the overall quality of viewing for ADULTS as well as children.The price is another thing that confuses me. I don't know why these are so inexpensive? I urge anyone who loves nature to buy all of the books in this series!

GET IT !!!!

Top close-up photographie, multiplied by an infinite factor of 3D-fun for a very close and real look to bug's live! Both photographic disciplines are not easy to handle at their own. And here are more than 40 brilliant examples of each discipline are combined for a close look from an unknown perspective to insects, spiders and other small size creatures. I am not payed by the author or somebody else who earns money with this book, I am just absolute WOW!

This is an amazing book for all ages!

I think that Mark Blum's, Bugs in 3-D is a wonderful book. The book comes with a sturdy built in viewer in the front of the book that flips out. Then the pictures can be viewed by simply looking through the viewer and turning the pages. There are 44 different 3-D stereo images to see. The beautiful ansd full color high quality pictures make me feel like the insects are actually in front of me (at least it looks that way). This book was just as good as Mark Blum's previous book, "Beneath the Sea in 3-D" which also presented astounding 3-D pictures that anyone can enjoy. Children no doubt would enjoy this book, but because of the informative text and rich high quality pictures this beautiful book should also be marketed for adults. I am in college and this book appeals to me. No one who enjoys beautiful nature pictures should miss this book (especially if you are a science lover).

Absolutely Fab - My four-year-old loves this book!

The pictures in this book make it a great attention getter for younger children that are interested in living things. I let my daughter look at one of the bugs, then I read the accompaning text. She is just absolutely fascinated with bugs!