Get the Scoop on Animal Snot, Spit & Slime!: From Snake Venom to Fish Slime, 251 Cool Facts About Mucus, Saliva & More! Hardcover – September 15, 2016
by Dawn Cusick (Author)
You Wouldn’t Want to Live Without Snot! Paperback – August 18, 2016
by Professor Alex Woolf (Author)
The Secret Life of Boogers: All the Scientific Facts That Make Your Snot Spectacular (Human Body for Kids, Gross Books for Boys) Hardcover – Picture Book, October 6, 2020 by Mariona Tolosa Sisteré (Author)
The Fantastic Flatulent Fart Brothers’ Big Book of Snotty Facts: An Illustrated Guide to the Science, History, and Pleasures of Mucus; US edition (The Fart Brothers’ Fun Facts) Paperback – March 23, 2020
by M.D. Whalen (Author)
The Snot Book: A Book for Children to Enjoy and Learn about Nose Goop, Mucus, and other Curious Facts (The Bewildering Body) Paperback – June 5, 2020 by Mark Bacera (Author), Mami Bacera (Contributor), Mae Bacera (Contributor)
Mucus Attack (Mad Science) Paperback – September 1, 2002
by Kathy Burkett (Author)
Believe It or Snot: The Definitive Field Guide to Earth’s Slimy Creatures (Does It Fart Series, 3) Hardcover – Illustrated, October 22, 2019
by Nick Caruso (Author), Dani Rabaiotti (Author)
by Sue Fliess, which starts with a bit of text that really reflects the best way to teach science to kids:
by the Children’s Poet Laureate 
by Jane Yolen with photographs by her son Jason Stemple is also published by Wordsong. In a series of two-page spreads we find a close-up photograph, a poem about the featured insect or arachnid, and an informative paragraph to add fun facts and details.
has long been a favorite of our family. Douglas Florian was formerly a cartoonist, and his fun, silly side comes through in his poetry books. Florian painted his quirky illustrations with watercolors on brown paper bags. It gives them an informal look that is appealing and kid-friendly.
, a newer book by Douglas Florian (2012), goes into more scientific detail than some of his other books of poetry. The reader comes away with an appreciation of bees and how they live.
by Paul Fleischman and illustrated by Eric Beddows is a classic that everyone should experience. The depth, the accuracy and the amazing rhythm of the poems for two voices, it is simply made to be shared. Some of my favorite poems of all time are in this little book.
by Carole Gerber and illustrated by Eugene Yelchin just came out in February (2013). Although it is centered more on plants, it features a number of insects and other creatures as well. Listen to what they have to say.
by Joyce Sidman and illustrated by Beckie Prange encompasses the change of seasons at a pond. Not just about insects, it is about the pond as a habitat.
by Leslie Bulion and illustrated by Leslie Evans is for the older reader (probably 8+) who doesn’t mind a bit of gore and mayhem. It also contains up-to-date factual information about insects and notes about the poetic forms. The illustrations are very clean, crisp and bright. I was impressed that the author had obviously spent time reading the work of the late great entomologist, Thomas Eisner.