A Bug a Bear and a Boy

A Bug, a Bear, and a Boy

by David McPhail

A Bug a Bear and a Boy (Scholastic Reader - 1)

Genres: Animals, Picture Books, Childrens

300 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1998

About the author

David was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts and attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. While there, he began illustrating. He is now an award-winning author and illustrator of nearly 200 books beloved by children, parents and librarians across the United States. McPhail has garnered many prestigious awards, including a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year for Mole Music in 2001. McPhail’s other books include First Flight, which the New York Times praised as “hilarious and helpful”; and Lost!, which was chosen as an American Bookseller Pick of the Lists.

McPhail has four children, three stepchildren, and is a proud grandfather. He is married to Jan Waldron, with whom he has written and illustrated several books. He lives in Rye, New Hampshire.

Reviews

[Cheryl · Rating 4 out of 5]

oh! How did I not know about this easy leveled-reader series? At least this first one is wonderful... three very different friends find ways to be together, in five chapters about eating, reading, gardening, bathing, playing, and sleeping. I picked it up from the LFL for the author, but now I want the rest of this particular series.

[Ashley B. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about the adventures of a bug, a bear, and a boy. They are friends and they do everything together. They read and play hide and seek, they plant gardens, and take naps. The book is broken up into chapters, so the reader could take breaks if it becomes too long. The reader could also stop at every chapter and think about what happened and check for comprehension.

[Anthony · Rating 3 out of 5]

This chapter book explores the friendship between a bug, a bear, and a boy as they share a meal, plant a garden, read from the same book, play hide and seek, blow bubbles, and drift off to sleep as the day ends.

[Courtney Yang · Rating 4 out of 5]

Leon liked it. Revisit when he’s bigger

[Danny]

i have no idea why I read this

[Karen L. · Rating 5 out of 5]

These are cute readers for little ones learning to read. Nice choice of simple words, with engaging illustrations. I recommend all of the books in this series.

[L & D · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great for early readers! Lots of sight words and the pictures illustrate the story in a way that encourages children to infer the sentences.

[Jill · Rating 3 out of 5]

AR level 1.5

[Angelica Bergman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great reader books. My son loved the fact there were chapters. Cute story and good repetition for early readers

[Lisa Nagel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautifully illustrated, and the text is simple enough for early readers, but still interesting and fun.

[Marilyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alissa liked that she could read some of the words.

[Ashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sizes and spacial relations

[Annie Belts · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Sammy favorite.

[Tricia · Rating 3 out of 5]

classic easy reader with a few chapters. small bigger and biggest theme plays throughout.