Bugs in Space : Starring Captain Bug Rogers Hardcover – October 1, 1997

Bugs

by David A. Carter

Captain Bug Rogers and his companion, Robobug, experience a three-dimensional close encounter with the Great Red Bug of Jupiter and other awesome alien bugs.

Genres: Picture Books, Space, Childrens, Storytime

Hardcover

First published September 1, 1997

About the author

David A. Carter is a master paper engineer and creator of the Bugs series, which has sold more than 6 million copies. Also the author and illustrator of the critically acclaimed Color series, featuring One Red Dot, Blue 2, 600 Black Spots, Yellow Square, and White Noise, he lives in Auburn, California, with his wife and two daughters.

Reviews

[Jaime · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read this book to Julianna many times lol over a couple years. Must have forgot to add the book. Its a pop up book that Julianna finds fun & silly. She gives it 5 stars.

[Bessana Kendig · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bugs In Space written by David A. Carter is a colorful interactive pop up book that follows Captain Bug Rogers on his journey into outer space to meet alien life. He travels to jupiter and back collecting alien friends along the way before returning to earth.

The first page reads, "A signal from deep in space has been received that tells the world there is life in outer space. and now, Captain Bug Rogers is about to go where no Bug has gone before."

I give this book a three star rating (really it was about a 2.5) because of the colorful pop ups and the cheeky way it made fun of realistic outer space facts. For example, it talks about the large red spot on Jupiter which is henceforth in the story known as the Great Red Bug.

This book is simple in language. One page has a rhyming sequence and most of the pop ups have fragmented sentences which serves the purpose of orienting new readers to books. The illustrations were very cartoonish which heightened the characteristics of the funky cutsie aliens.

In the classroom this would be a fun book to read if the topic was outer space. A lot of children when I was growing up wanted to grow up to be astronauts and this book encourages space exploration.

[Siskiyou-Suzy · Rating 1 out of 5]

I bought Bugs in Space for nostalgic reasons: I had one of these as a child and the illustrations worked on my sensitive-to-nostalgia heart.

Pushing nostalgia aside though, I'm not big on this book, at least not for preschoolers. It's too close to realistic (in that it's describing aliens, basically, which could look like anything!) to be appropriate for young children still sorting out what is or is not real. There is an age group this would work for, I'm sure. But I didn't find it particularly clever (and some children's books definitely are) or interesting, either.

[Kest Schwartzman · Rating 5 out of 5]

These are not overly complex pop-ups, but they are simply brilliant- squiggle cut lines that make tentacles undulate as the page opens, push pull machanisms that launch rockets forward- cute stuff, well done.

[Christine · Rating 5 out of 5]

My brother is 10 years younger than me. I read this book to him over and over from 3-5 years old it was one of his favorites. It sparked his obsession with space and now as an adult he is an aerospace engineer. 5 stars for Bugs in Space. Enjoy going on Bug Roger's journey with him.

[Dana · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a great way to introduce space concepts to wee ones.

[Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun! Read this one today to kindergartners for outreach and they enjoyed all the pop ups.

[Vivian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Need an "attention grabber" in your story time? Any of Carter's pop-up books will serve. He has enough that you can find one to suit almost any theme.

We program for four different age groups during the summer -- 0-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-11. We try to make books serve the different groups by modifying the presentation according to the audience. For the 0-2's we simply say "Peek-a-boo!" as we pop the flaps. For the 3-5's we might just read the caption on the flap or name the bug. For the 6-8's we would read the entire text, scripting it like a news announcer.

[Jenny · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a pop-up book that all 3 of my kids (ages 8, 6, and 3) enjoyed and so did I. There are so many funny references to history, etc., but all modified to fit the bugs theme. The "bug in the moon" instead of man in the moon and "One small step for bugs, one giant leap for bugkind." Very clever, and my 3 yo has wanted to read it nightly all week and has manipulated the various pop ups. Very, very cute and clever.

[Sandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Full of great puns for adults and awesome pop-ups for kids, this one was a nice light add to our summer reading collection. There is a whole series of these "Bugs" books and they have been so popular all year long. Now I look for a new one every time I have a story hour.

[Terrance Franklin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bugs in space by David A. Carter is a book literally out of this world. Its a short story about a Bug astronaut named Bug Rogers and his partner robobug going out to see if there's life in outer space. This book's art was surprisingly very good, the background and characters looked very well done. The colors are bright and pop, a really nice book to look at; However, high praise goes to the pop-ups. The pop-ups were dynamic had really clever effects and revealed some very interesting creatures. In the end it was a really good book and great for preschoolers to read I guarantee it!