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Author: Heather L. Montgomery ,
Stephen Stone
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.
Imprint: Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.
Weight: 0.567kg
ISBN: 9781580898164
ISBN 10: 1580898165
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 18 September 2018
Recommended Age: From 3 to 7 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
Are bugs good parents? Are they loving and affectionate? Do they feed their offspring? Playful contrasts between human and insect behavior will captivate young readers as they listen to the read-aloud-friendly text and view the alternating cartoonlike spoofs on human living and detailed bug environments. In one picture, a bug hides its eyes and exclaims, Where's Baby? to two excited baby bugs. The text reads: Bugs don't play peekaboo. After the page turn, the text reads: But tortoise beetle babies do get to hide. The illustration displays an un-anthropomorphized tortoise beetle mother realistically sheltering her young under her speckled shell. The book uses this format throughout to show true insect behavior in a way that young children can absorb easily. On another page, the text reads: For dinner bugs don't make soup. Some adults may not be charmed by the burying beetles that use their saliva to create a soupy meal in craters of mouse meat for their little ones, but kids will thoroughly enjoy these weird facts. The last spread shows an interracial family (white dad and black mom with a biracial child), lots of bug toys, and the message learned through this journey: Bugs ARE like us ( aren't is crossed out). Further information about the insects is presented in the informative backmatter along with an exhortation to get outside and explore nature. A thoroughly amusing way to introduce kids to bug behavior. --Kirkus Reviews
Author Information
Heather L. Montgomery is passionate about bugs, discovery, and the scientific process. An author and master teacher, she uses curiosity and yuck-appeal to engage young minds. Her most recent books are Unsolved Mysteries of Nature and How Rude! Real Bugs Who Won't Mind Their Manners. Heather has a BS in biology and an MS in environmental education. When she's not writing, she can be found climbing a tree, knee-deep in a creek, or catching bugs with kids in beautiful Alabama. Stephen Stone has illustrated more than twenty-five children's books. As a kid, he was inspired by the illustrations in his brother's Asterix books. Now he draws inspiration from the charming UK landscape--and bugs!--where he lives. His dynamic mix of traditional and digital techniques celebrates personality, humor, and characterization. www.advocate-art.com/stephen-stone
