The Life Cycle of a Snake Author:Jill Bailey This book is part of a series specially written as a first natural history book for the new reader. The life cycle from conception to adulthood is explained for a variety of familiar animals and plants, with illustrations of each stage in their development. Concentrating on the ladybird this illustrated study describes courting, mating, egg-layi... more »ng and the different stages that the eggs go through before the ladybirds emerge. Jill Bailey has also written "Life Cycle of a Spider" and "Life Cycle of a Duck".« less