Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! by Bob Barner
	List Price:   $14.99 Unit Price:   $11.99 You Save:   $3.00 (20%) ISBN-10:   0811822389 ISBN-13:   9780811822381 Publisher:   Chronicle Books Category:   Agriculture Pub. Date:   April 1999 Pages:   32 Format:   Hardcover Ages:   2 to 6 Grades:   ps to 3
Subjects
INSECTS_JUVENILE LITERATURE
Description/Notes
#A nonsense rhyme introduces children to familiar bugs. Includes a fun facts sections. Complete with an actual size chart and bug-o-meter listing fun facts about each different bug, this picture book includes ladybugs, butterflies, daddy longlegs and roly-poly bugs. A rhyming text & bold color illustrations effectively introduce the world of bugs. A fun insect album complete with an 'actual size' chart about each bug. Pretty ladybugs, fluttering butterflies, creepy daddy longlegs, and roly-poly bugs are some of the familiar creatures featured in this whimsically illustrated insect album. Complete with an 'actual size' chart and bug-o-meter listing fun facts about each bug, Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! will inform and entertain curious little bug lovers everywhere. Awards and honors for Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!: Texas Library Association's 2x2 Reading List 1999 Parents' Choice Recommended winner 1999 Parent Council Ltd, Outstanding Bold colors and lively rhyming text combine to make this eye-catching picture book a bug lover's delight. The text's simplicity will keep little ones engaged 'Butterflies that flutter in the sky/Spotted ladybugs that go creeping by' and the Bug-O-Meter (a chart that answers questions such as 'Can it fly' and 'Where does it live?') is a device that older children will really enjoy. The vivid colors and bold shapes in Barner's collage illustrations will show well in a story-time setting, despite the book's smaller than average size, and will really grab kid's attention if the book is put on a display table.