Doug the Dung Beetle has had enough of cattle making fun of his job. He convinces his mates to go on strike and give them a taste of their own medicine, which doesn’t turn out well for the c attle. Themes include respect, logical consequences and decompos ers.

This Story Book features:

• A glossary of technical or tricky words.
• Factual informati on about the dung beetle.
• A fact-file of the dung beetle’ s lifecycle.
• Two free downloadable w orksheets.
• Australian Science Curriculum links.
• St unning Australian photography.

About the Series: Winner of the 2014 Whitley Award for Best Children's series , the Steve Parish Insect Story Book range was written by award-winning author and primary school science teacher Rebecca Johnson, who has writt en more than 60 books for children.