Gladys Conklin's Nature Books

Gladys Conklin loved insects, and she loved children. She enjoyed teaching kids and even hosted a "Bug Club" for children in her area where she would teach them to appreciate and admire the complexities of insects and other small animals.

Her early books are all beautifully and colorfully illustrated with accurate, detailed drawings. The best of her books were written for ages 5 to 8.

Some of the her later books and her books for older children are a little cold and dry. Our "keepers" are marked with asterisks below.

• Black Widow Spider--Danger!*
• Cheetahs, the Swift Hunters
• Chimpanzee Roams The Forest
• Elephants of Africa
• Fairy Rings and Other Mushrooms
• Giraffe Lives in Africa
• How Insects Grow*
• I Caught a Lizard*
• I Like Beetles*
• I Like Butterflies*
• I Like Caterpillars*
• I Watch Flies*
• If I Were a Bird*
• Insects Build their Homes*
• Journey of the Gray Whales
• Little Apes
• Llamas of South America
• Lucky Ladybugs*
• Praying Mantis, the Garden Dinosaur*
• Tarantula: The Giant Spider*
• The Bug Club Book: A Handbook for Young Bug Collectors
• The Lion Family
• The Octopus and Other Cephalopods
• We Like Bugs*
• When Insects are Babies*