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A Bug Called Doug
A Bug Called Doug - Back Page Blurb
It's Drew's eighth birthday and his best mate Mikey is sleeping over.
The boys are having the best day ever!
There are new toys to play with,
Yummy birthday food to eat,
Birthday games to share,
A hideous monster under the bed...
Did someone say monster?!
Discovering something under the bed, causes instant panic in the two boys.
When Mum and sister Daisy get in on the act, pandemonium erupts!
Chris Collin and Megan Kitchin (author and illustrator of the wild and whacky Funky Chicken: A Bushy Tale of Crocs and Chooks) have teamed up again to bring you this delightfully Australian romp of a story that teaches us all a gentle lesson about preconceived ideas.
It's Drew's eighth birthday and his best mate Mikey is sleeping over.
The boys are having the best day ever!
There are new toys to play with,
Yummy birthday food to eat,
Birthday games to share,
A hideous monster under the bed...
Did someone say monster?!
Discovering something under the bed, causes instant panic in the two boys.
When Mum and sister Daisy get in on the act, pandemonium erupts!
Chris Collin and Megan Kitchin (author and illustrator of the wild and whacky Funky Chicken: A Bushy Tale of Crocs and Chooks) have teamed up again to bring you this delightfully Australian romp of a story that teaches us all a gentle lesson about preconceived ideas.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published February 24, 2014
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About the author
Chris Collin
8 books4 followersChris Collin is an independent author based on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. Chris has published three wonderful Australian children's books under his own publishing label - Funkybooks.
'Funky Chicken : A Bushy Tale of Crocs and Chooks' was published in Feb 2013 and has been extremely well received in schools throughout Australia. This title is an Australian best-seller and was shortlisted for the 2014 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards and is in the Premiers Reading Challenge Book List in Qld, NSW and Victoria.
His second book A Bug Called Doug was released in March 2014 and is also a best seller This title was long-listed in the 2015-2016 ISLN (International School Library Network) Red Dot Awards and is in the Queensland Premiers Reading Challenge Book List. With its gentle message about preconceived ideas and 'Doug' being a native recycler, this book is proving to be very popular in schools throughout Australia and internationally.
Chris' third title 'Funky Chicken: Chooks in Space' was released in 2015 and is well on it's way to becoming an Australian best-seller.
Chris writes in rhyme and his style may be best described as whacky, rhyming Australian verse. Chris performs highly interactive author presentations in schools and early learning centres and performs skype workshops for schools in remote Australian communities and around the world!
'Funky Chicken : A Bushy Tale of Crocs and Chooks' was published in Feb 2013 and has been extremely well received in schools throughout Australia. This title is an Australian best-seller and was shortlisted for the 2014 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards and is in the Premiers Reading Challenge Book List in Qld, NSW and Victoria.
His second book A Bug Called Doug was released in March 2014 and is also a best seller This title was long-listed in the 2015-2016 ISLN (International School Library Network) Red Dot Awards and is in the Queensland Premiers Reading Challenge Book List. With its gentle message about preconceived ideas and 'Doug' being a native recycler, this book is proving to be very popular in schools throughout Australia and internationally.
Chris' third title 'Funky Chicken: Chooks in Space' was released in 2015 and is well on it's way to becoming an Australian best-seller.
Chris writes in rhyme and his style may be best described as whacky, rhyming Australian verse. Chris performs highly interactive author presentations in schools and early learning centres and performs skype workshops for schools in remote Australian communities and around the world!
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February 25, 2015
This is the second of team Collin and Kitchin's 'Funky Books' and I am loving what I see (and hear). A bug Called Doug ticks quite a few boxes in big bold texta colour; a bit like the brilliant, in your face illustrations. It's a picture book that primary aged readers of the male variety (in particular) should be proud to admit to read as it contains those puppy dog tale attributes that little boys find so appealing; rough-housing around, dirty socks and...monsters! Replace monster with creepy crawly and you are cooking with even more gas. It could have been curtains for Doug the bug aka massive cockaroach but thankfully keen observation and good sense prevail. Extra marks go to the creators for allowing one Australia's most fascinating, harmless and gigantic Burrowing cockaroaches to bask in some much needed limelight. (Yes, I'm as fond of them as chooks). Mid-grade readers will enjoy the easy rhyming text, the sing along CD, and the brighter than day pictures while coming to understand that you should not judge a bug or book by it's cover.
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October 22, 2014Kids Book Review - 2014
Chris Collin’s second book in rhyming verse, with music again by Adrian Hannan, continues in a similar format to his first book, Funky Chicken. It includes an audio/visual CD of the book with songs. The title song is a spunky, happy tune; trumpeting and powerful, full of repetition, which forces the listener/viewer to sing-along, no matter what age they are.
It is the way that the author calls attention to Australia’s native wildlife - in this instance, the Giant Burrowing Cockroach (something to admire not cringe at), that makes Chris Collin’s books special.
Drew’s eighth birthday is spent with his mate Mikey. They’re doing boy things in Drew’s room. While they’re mucking around and wrestling, they hear a voice from under the bed. They discover a cockroach such as they’ve never seen before.
Answering their cries, mum’s ready to ‘clobber the thing’. Sister Daisy is screaming and tearing at her hair. But the cockroach is shocked at their reaction and scrams into the garden shed, with the others hot on his heels.
Drew looks at the beetle carefully and discovers how beautiful it is; ‘colourful, gentle and not a bit scary’. He names him Doug.
Giving Doug a voice is a clever device. This voice channels information to children about himself and other Australian native wildlife; about the land and sea, our wonderful deserts and sands, the wombats and lizards and countless other Australian animals and insects.
This is another beautifully presented book, carefully designed to engage, interest and educate children about Australian wildlife. It makes children aware of protecting all living things, and helps them understand how things are seldom how they first appear. At the end there is a whole page of information about the Giant Burrowing Cockroach which will amaze.
Chris Collin’s second book in rhyming verse, with music again by Adrian Hannan, continues in a similar format to his first book, Funky Chicken. It includes an audio/visual CD of the book with songs. The title song is a spunky, happy tune; trumpeting and powerful, full of repetition, which forces the listener/viewer to sing-along, no matter what age they are.
It is the way that the author calls attention to Australia’s native wildlife - in this instance, the Giant Burrowing Cockroach (something to admire not cringe at), that makes Chris Collin’s books special.
Drew’s eighth birthday is spent with his mate Mikey. They’re doing boy things in Drew’s room. While they’re mucking around and wrestling, they hear a voice from under the bed. They discover a cockroach such as they’ve never seen before.
Answering their cries, mum’s ready to ‘clobber the thing’. Sister Daisy is screaming and tearing at her hair. But the cockroach is shocked at their reaction and scrams into the garden shed, with the others hot on his heels.
Drew looks at the beetle carefully and discovers how beautiful it is; ‘colourful, gentle and not a bit scary’. He names him Doug.
Giving Doug a voice is a clever device. This voice channels information to children about himself and other Australian native wildlife; about the land and sea, our wonderful deserts and sands, the wombats and lizards and countless other Australian animals and insects.
This is another beautifully presented book, carefully designed to engage, interest and educate children about Australian wildlife. It makes children aware of protecting all living things, and helps them understand how things are seldom how they first appear. At the end there is a whole page of information about the Giant Burrowing Cockroach which will amaze.
October 20, 2017
This is such a sweet book by Chris. Probably my favorite.
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