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By: Victoria Lorrekovich-Miller

If a Mantis Finds a Fly in the Sky

Pages: 36 Ratings: 5.0
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There once was an African mantis named Jade

Who laid quietly in wait for a bug in the shade.


She focused her eyes, of which she had five

Looking for spiders, crickets—even a beehive.


She wiggled her antennae and looked in the sky

Where she saw birds and bats and one blue fly.



Read this tale, which is based on a true story,

to see what happens when a mantis finds a fly…

Victoria is an award-winning author of short stories and essays. She writes for animal magazines like The Bark, Dog, and Kennel, Animal Wellness Magazine, etc. Her fiction can be seen in Cricket magazine and on the WOW website. She has four kids, two dogs, two cats, four fish, one bearded dragon, and a praying mantis named Jade. When she’s not writing about animals or playing with them, she’s helping high school students write and edit their college application essays.
Customer Reviews
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  • Martin Elliott

    What a wonderful picture-book with an entertaining story of the Mantis and her Fly!

  • Kia

    "If a Mantis Finds a Fly in the Sky" is a Children's Book written by the author Victoria Lorrekovich-Miller and illustrated by Alice Pescarin. This book educates kids about praying mantis. This is the story of a mantis who saw a blue fly in the sky. Mantis don't pamper the fly. She doesn't bring desserts for the fly. Then what mantis will do if she sees a fly. Grab a copy of this interesting picture book and get to know yourself. There are fun facts about praying mantis at the end of the book. I am glad to know those facts. Illustrations are so pretty that this book gonna catch kid's eyes immediately. Before reading this book, I didn't know that people keep mantis as a pet. The language of the book is simple so kids can understand it. Kids will find so many rhyming words in this book. I enjoyed reading this story a lot. I like to highly recommend this book for little kiddos.

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