Ladybug on the Move

by Richard Fowler

When a hungry snail starts feasting on Ladybug's leaf, readers must help her find a new home by removing her from the cover pocket and sliding her through the slots of each picture. BOMC Main.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

20 pages, Hardcover

First published March 15, 1993

Reviews

[Ariel Pickett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ladybug on the Move is a fantasy picture book by Richard Fowler. The book follows a ladybug on its path to find a new home. This book was a WOW book for me for two reasons, my little one loves the pictures and story, and also because I have used this book in the classroom and there are so many ways to use this book in the classroom across various grade levels. It is a very easy and short picture book but I used this as a mentor text in a 4th grade classroom to teach measurement and distance by mimicking the path of the ladybug and then had students measure the path to determine the distance first using beans to represent ladybug lengths as a nonstandard measure and then a ruler to find the standard measurement. Using this text, I also had students draw out and label their own diagrams of the path that the ladybug took giving each group a different length for each destination that they had to draw out and measure then present.

[Dana · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this book is out of print, so if you find one in a used book store grab it. My wee one, and older kids too, love the interactivity and creativity of this book. It’s novelty makes it a fun way to learn about bugs names and garden items. There’s a companion book Honeybee’s Busy Day.

[Lauren Hay · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great interactive book for children! They would have a lot of fun moving the ladybug across and through the pages. Very cute book!

[Lauren C · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book kept my 3 year old completely engaged on a plane ride for over an hour. Love how it's so easy to start over again because of the cyclical format.

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[Miss Becky · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ladybug is trying to find a place to live. Follow ladybug through this book. Yes the bug really moves from page to page!

[Kristen Kurre · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ladybug on the Move is an interactive story appropriate for beginning readers, specifically kindergarten and first graders. The story is about a ladybug in search of a resting place in a garden. The text and pictures indicate new segments of the ladybug’s journey. The text is set in curving lines, tracing the character’s flight on each page. For example, the text will swirl into a flower pot or under a stone. I would specifically use this book for a math lesson to teach my students the concept of measuring. I would put a plastic ladybug on a ruler and guide her through the story following the swirling text.

After reading the story and having the students follow the ladybug’s path, I would have them complete an activity using red counters or “ladybugs.” I would decorate red counters to look like ladybugs. Together, I would have the students sit in a circle and I would ask for volunteers. I would ask students to come up one by one and place a counter on the ladybug’s path which will be made by the teacher for the activity. After the entire path is covered in “ladybugs” or red counters, I would have the students count how many ladybugs it took to determine the length of the path. After having the students complete this several times with teacher guidance, I would have them try to do it independently at their seats.

Each student would receive a booklet of the ladybug’s different paths and they would have to measure the paths with the “ladybugs” or counters. As a challenge activity, I would have the students draw a circle around the longest path.

This could also be used and related to a ladybug unit in science, which kindergarteners often study. The ladybug theme from the story and accompanying math lesson can be used to learn more about ladybugs, where they live, and how they interact with their surroundings. When I student-taught, I taught an entire unit on ladybugs, and we even introduced ladybugs as classroom pets. I would have liked to include this book in my ladybug unit because it would have been a great way to tie math and science into reading.

[Samantha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this book! Love it so much I'm thinking about buying it because I use it every year!

The premise of the story is this: a new creature moves into ladybug's corner of the garden so she sets off to find a new home. The interactive part of the book centers around ladybug's ability to move between pages via slit cut into the artwork.

When read aloud this book really does give the illusion of magic. Highly recommended for PreK-2.

[Kaley Coburn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book can be used with grades K and up. It does include animal that can talk, which is not realistic, but in the book there are very realistic pictures and the lady bug is looking for a home. I would bring this into my classroom when learning about insects or ladybugs. The book does not include the issue of diversity or equity.

[Michelle Farella · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the concept!