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24 books recommended for fans of Dirt by Steve Tomecek, tied together by themes of Insects, Spiders, etc, Earth Sciences, Science & Nature, and Animals.

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Handpicked for thematic and literary overlap — the best shelf companions to Dirt.

Little Turtle’s Book of the Blue — Yuval Zommer

Little Turtle’s Book of the Blue

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Earth Sciences • Science & Nature

Insects — Seymour Simon

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Earth Sciences • Science & Nature

Just Like Us! Ants — Bridget Heos

Just Like Us! Ants

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Earth Sciences • Science & Nature

Jumper A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider — Jessica Lanan

Jumper A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Earth Sciences • Science & Nature

Lots of Things to Know about Bugs — Sarah Hull

Lots of Things to Know about Bugs

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Earth Sciences • Science & Nature

How the World Works — Clive Gifford

How the World Works

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Earth Sciences • Science & Nature

Tiny Monsters The Strange Creatures That Live on Us, in Us, and Around Us — Steve Jenkins

Tiny Monsters The Strange Creatures That Live on Us, in Us, and Around Us

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Earth Sciences • Science & Nature

Glow Animals with Their Own Night-lights — W. H. Beck

Glow Animals with Their Own Night-lights

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Earth Sciences • Science & Nature

On Beyond Bugs! All About Insects — Tish Rabe

On Beyond Bugs! All About Insects

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Earth Sciences • Science & Nature

Nature’s Wonders — Alejandro Algarra

Nature’s Wonders

Alejandro Algarra

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Earth Sciences • Science & Nature

Peterson First Guide to Insects of North America — Christopher Leahy

Peterson First Guide to Insects of North America

Christopher Leahy

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Earth Sciences • Animals

Hidden Bugs Band 04/Blue — Isabel Thomas

Hidden Bugs Band 04/Blue

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Science & Nature • Animals

Am I Even a Bee? — Felicity Muth

Am I Even a Bee?

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Science & Nature • Animals

Life-Sized Bugs — John Townsend

Life-Sized Bugs

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Science & Nature • Animals

Spiders — Arthur John L’Hommedieu

Spiders — Arthur John L’Hommedieu

Arthur John L'Hommedieu

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Science & Nature • Animals

Little Yellow Bee — Ginger Swift

Little Yellow Bee

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Science & Nature • Animals

Hello, World! Backyard Bugs — Jill McDonald

Hello, World! Backyard Bugs

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Science & Nature • Animals

Bugs Are Insects — Anne Rockwell

Bugs Are Insects

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Science & Nature • Animals

How to Say Hello to a Worm A First Guide to Outside — Kari Percival

How to Say Hello to a Worm A First Guide to Outside

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Science & Nature • Animals

The Observologist A Handbook for Mounting Very Small Scientific Expeditions — Giselle Clarkson

The Observologist A Handbook for Mounting Very Small Scientific Expeditions

Giselle Clarkson

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Science & Nature • Animals

You Wouldn’t Want to Live Without Insects! — Anne Rooney

You Wouldn’t Want to Live Without Insects!

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Science & Nature • Animals

My Awesome Field Guide to Bugs Find and Identify Your Crawling and Flying Bugs — Krystal Monique Toney

My Awesome Field Guide to Bugs Find and Identify Your Crawling and Flying Bugs

Krystal Monique Toney

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Science & Nature • Animals

The Crawly Caterpillar — Judith Nicholls

The Crawly Caterpillar

Judith Nicholls

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Science & Nature • Animals

Pocket Genius: Bugs Facts at Your Fingertips — DK

Pocket Genius: Bugs Facts at Your Fingertips

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Science & Nature • Animals

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Insects, Spiders, etc, Earth Sciences, Science & Nature — the same threads that run through Dirt by Steve Tomecek. Among the authors featured: Yuval Zommer, Seymour Simon, Bridget Heos, Jessica Lanan, and others.

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National Geographic Kids Everything Rocks and Minerals Dazzling Gems of Photos and Info that Will Rock Your World — Steve Tomecek

National Geographic Kids Everything Rocks and Minerals Dazzling Gems of Photos and Info that Will Rock Your World

The Greatest Stuff on Earth The Amazing Science of Sunlight, Smartphones, Microphones, Mushrooms & Everything In-Between — Steve Tomecek

The Greatest Stuff on Earth The Amazing Science of Sunlight, Smartphones, Microphones, Mushrooms & Everything In-Between

Ultimate Rockopedia The Most Complete Rocks & Minerals Reference Ever — Steve Tomecek

Ultimate Rockopedia The Most Complete Rocks & Minerals Reference Ever

Earth Is Big A Book of Comparisons — Steve Tomecek

Earth Is Big A Book of Comparisons

DK Super Planet Wonderful Waterways — Steve Tomecek

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