Mick The Stick Insect

Mick The Stick Insect.     This book is for youth and young-at-heart. May you learn hide-and-seek from a stick insect.     Discover how a green stick insect in Australia’s world heritage Blue Mountains, blends in his tree environment as he mimics a real tree twig.     An adventurous journey unfolds about Mick The Stick Insect from his egg hatching origin to his adult years. Mick’s story describes how he naturally blends in his tree environment as he mimics a real tree twig. He invites people to identify and understand his unique characteristics that other insects do not naturally possess.     Your imagination will thrive, reading about the different features of a solitary green stick insect who lives in a tree within a mountainous terrain. For children who ask someone to read this book to them, they will also see a unique world of an insect seldom seen by people. Their imagination and creativity will flourish as they desire to see a real stick insect.     This story describes specific features of how a young Mick The Stick Insect’s skin transforms. Also, how a solitary adult green stick insect lives. Examples include eating herbivore meals of citrus fruits, eucalyptus and rose leaves; compound eyes that allows a nocturnal night life; and specialised anatomy for movement. In this story, the significant ability of a green stick insect to delicately balance itself in disguise on small tree twigs is emphasised.     Survival becomes an everyday concern for Mick The Stick Insect who becomes anxious about a spooky predator, Orlando Owl. Both are nocturnal animals who are naturally alert during nighttime. An amazing ability to mimic tree twigs around him helps Mick The Stick Insect to escape from Orlando Owl. However, Orlando Owl is always a menacing threat.     On a positive note, Mick The Stick Insect is protected by loyal friends Bartholomew Bee and Blossom Butterfly.     After reading this book, you will conclude that a stick insect is ‘one of a kind’.