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Bug Explorers! A Bug Book for Kids: Outdoor Activities, Insect Facts, and Stickers
80 pages, Paperback
Published October 14, 2025
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October 6, 2025
This children’s activity book is written by Emily Greenhalgh and illustrated by Adam Howling. While the synopsis says it’s aimed at 3-to-5-year-olds, the text contains words they wouldn’t be able to read. An adult would need to read the book with them. Also, the book makes it clear that an adult should accompany kids as they’re doing the outdoor activities.
The book starts with a letter to grown-ups and has clear, colorful, and crisp illustrations. It focuses on learning through fun entertainment. This is followed by a list of tools that kids may want to have on hand, but aren’t required to do the activities. Next are bug safety tips.
The bugs are split into three categories: climbers and crawlers, fliers and flutters, and jumpers and hoppers. Each category lists different bugs with facts about them and one or more activities. There’s even a buggy BINGO game.
The book is successful in combining fun and education. The variety of activities adds to the creativity and helps to keep a child’s interest.
Zeitgeist - Z Kid sand Emily Greehalgh provided a complimentary digital ARC of this novel via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own.
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My 3.94 rounded to 4 stars review is coming soon.
The book starts with a letter to grown-ups and has clear, colorful, and crisp illustrations. It focuses on learning through fun entertainment. This is followed by a list of tools that kids may want to have on hand, but aren’t required to do the activities. Next are bug safety tips.
The bugs are split into three categories: climbers and crawlers, fliers and flutters, and jumpers and hoppers. Each category lists different bugs with facts about them and one or more activities. There’s even a buggy BINGO game.
The book is successful in combining fun and education. The variety of activities adds to the creativity and helps to keep a child’s interest.
Zeitgeist - Z Kid sand Emily Greehalgh provided a complimentary digital ARC of this novel via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own.
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My 3.94 rounded to 4 stars review is coming soon.
November 14, 2025
I am sorry that I was very unimpressed by Bug Explorers! for a multitude of reasons.
First, and I admit this probably has nothing to do with the quality of the book itself, it does not work as an eBook unless maybe you have a very expensive color eBook reader. But, if you did have a very expensive color eBook reader, would you want to take it outside when searching through damp leaves and digging in the dirt? The page shape and format also did not work with my Kindle, as the bottoms of pages were often cut off, or the note related to a photo was found on a different page.
Second, of all the millions of types of bugs in the universe, why choose ones that a small child would almost never see in real life? Examples of these from the book are scorpions, stickbugs, and multiple bugs that are incredibly tiny and difficult to see with the naked eye. The examples of butterflies, worms, roly-polys, crickets, etc. are fine. Why not fully concentrate on the more commonplace bugs that are found all over the country and the kids actually could have fun searching for?
Third, it seems several of the activities involved rolling up into a ball or crouching and being silent in a hidden place. I think a small child would have a lot more fun with "active" activities such as trying to jump like a grasshopper, seeing how far they could stick their tongue into a thin container of juice like a butterfly, etc. I also didn't like the idea of having a child try to catch worms and make them race. This does not treat respect for nature, as the book claims to do.
Lastly, I think there was not enough fun information about the bugs chosen included in each section. Instead of 2 or 3 photos and a cool random fact, it would have been easy to go more into detail about how do they move? how do they eat? how do they sleep? how long do they live? Cut out the bugs that won't be found in an average backyard and make each remaining chapter twice as long and the book would be much more informative and engaging.
Thank you to NetGalley for a free eBook copy in exchange for my honest review.
First, and I admit this probably has nothing to do with the quality of the book itself, it does not work as an eBook unless maybe you have a very expensive color eBook reader. But, if you did have a very expensive color eBook reader, would you want to take it outside when searching through damp leaves and digging in the dirt? The page shape and format also did not work with my Kindle, as the bottoms of pages were often cut off, or the note related to a photo was found on a different page.
Second, of all the millions of types of bugs in the universe, why choose ones that a small child would almost never see in real life? Examples of these from the book are scorpions, stickbugs, and multiple bugs that are incredibly tiny and difficult to see with the naked eye. The examples of butterflies, worms, roly-polys, crickets, etc. are fine. Why not fully concentrate on the more commonplace bugs that are found all over the country and the kids actually could have fun searching for?
Third, it seems several of the activities involved rolling up into a ball or crouching and being silent in a hidden place. I think a small child would have a lot more fun with "active" activities such as trying to jump like a grasshopper, seeing how far they could stick their tongue into a thin container of juice like a butterfly, etc. I also didn't like the idea of having a child try to catch worms and make them race. This does not treat respect for nature, as the book claims to do.
Lastly, I think there was not enough fun information about the bugs chosen included in each section. Instead of 2 or 3 photos and a cool random fact, it would have been easy to go more into detail about how do they move? how do they eat? how do they sleep? how long do they live? Cut out the bugs that won't be found in an average backyard and make each remaining chapter twice as long and the book would be much more informative and engaging.
Thank you to NetGalley for a free eBook copy in exchange for my honest review.
September 4, 2025
Excellent book for young nature lovers!!
This book gets a 10/10 for formatting, content and straight up FUN! Filled with interesting facts, great pictures and awesome activities—this book will be a favorite for bug lovers and will be an inspiration to those who need a little encouragement to dip their toe into the world of bugs.
Highly recommend snagging a copy of this book when it comes out so you can gift it to the little humans in your life for Christmas!
Huge thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an eARC of this book! All opinions are my own.
This book gets a 10/10 for formatting, content and straight up FUN! Filled with interesting facts, great pictures and awesome activities—this book will be a favorite for bug lovers and will be an inspiration to those who need a little encouragement to dip their toe into the world of bugs.
Highly recommend snagging a copy of this book when it comes out so you can gift it to the little humans in your life for Christmas!
Huge thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an eARC of this book! All opinions are my own.
November 27, 2025
My children and I read this book. It was about different types of bugs. There are even spiders within this bug book. After each descriptions of the bug there were an activity to do outside while looking for said bug.
This was a fun book to read. It had a lot of different types of bugs within. It was fun doing activities that they described to do within. My children enjoyed some of the activities within. There was also illustrations of some of the different types of bugs in the book.
I received a complimentary copy via Netgalley. This is my honest, unbiased opinion.
This was a fun book to read. It had a lot of different types of bugs within. It was fun doing activities that they described to do within. My children enjoyed some of the activities within. There was also illustrations of some of the different types of bugs in the book.
I received a complimentary copy via Netgalley. This is my honest, unbiased opinion.
October 22, 2025
“This is a great buggy book! It has terrific illustrations, kid's activities and knowledge-building. I even learned something new! Bugs are amazing!”
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