
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, October 9, 1993                   TAG: 9310090011
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: B12   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Reviewed by LARRY SHIELD
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

DON'T LET SMALL THINGS BUG YOU

"Broadsides from the other order: A book of bugs." By Sue Hubbell. Random House. $23.

Here is another of those popular nature books that must be read in small doses.

The author of three previous nature books, apiarist (keeper of bees) Sue Hubbell explores 13 different orders of insects found in the back yard. From katydids to Africanized bees to butterflies to crickets, Hubbell communicates her love and interest for insects in the best way possible - she make the reader want to go outside, look down, and discover.

If the thought of insects makes you squeamish, read this book anyway to admire how a master wordsmith can weave a spell around the most mundane of subjects.

\ Larry Shield trains dogs and horses

by CNB