Big Bug

BIG BUG by Henry Cole. Little Simon, 2014.

Is it big or small?
Looks just could be deceiving
When you're a big bug.

Some bugs

SOME BUGS by Angela DiTerlizzi with illustrations by Brendan Wenzel. Beach Lane, 2014.

Bugs stink and hide and
Fight and hop and build and take
Look closely at them.

Unusual critters

DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOK by Adam Lehrhaupt with illustrations by Matthew Forsythe. Simon and Schuster 2013.

Ignore the warnings
At your own peril. Turning
Pages are deadly.

BUGS IN MY HAIR by David Shannon. Blue Sky/Scholastic, 2013.

Lice? What can you do?
Will they take over the house?
Can you defeat them?

TROUPER by Meg Kearney with illustrations by E. B. Lewis. Scholastic, 2013.

Three-legged Trouper
Longs for a home and fam'ly.
He needs an owner.

Eek! Bugs!

PRINCESS BUGS by David A. Carter. Little Simon, 2013.

A touch and feel book, young readers will love interacting with this news story about all manner of glittery and soft and sparkly bugs. Be sure to search for other books by this interactive picture book author.







YOO-HOO, LADYBUG! by Mem Fox with illustrations by Laura Ljungkvist. Beach Lane, 2013.

Can you spot the ladybug hiding in all of the illustrations? Simple rhyming text and bright illustrations make this a "where's Waldo?" for the younger crowd.

poems galore

NASTY BUGS (Dial 2012) is the latest anthology of poems selected by the incredible Lee Bennett Hopkins. Will Terry's luminous illustrations bring to life odes to all manner of bugs: stinkbugs, termites,lice, cockroaches, and others. Marilyn Singer, Lee Bennett Hopkins, and Doug Florian are just some of the poets whose work captures perfectly the creepy crawlies readers will feel as they read the poems.
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Marilyn Singer brings us poems for dogs in EVERY DAY'S A DOG'S DAY: A YEAR IN POEMS illustrated by Miki Sakamoto (Dial 2012). Come and celebrate the holidays from winter's first snowfall to St. Patrick's Day to Christmas with the lovable pooches who are at the center of this book. <236>




BUG OFF CREEPY, CRAWLY POEMS by Jane Yolen with photographic illustrations by Jason Stemple (Wordsong 2012) contain tributes to butterflies, bees, flies, and more. Short poems, perfect for memorizing and reciting aloud play with language perfectly. <237>