The Bug Book

by Sue Fliess

Grab your bucket and join the search for all the cool bugs outside!

This fun rhyming story lists all the bugs you can imagine—creep bugs, climb bugs, sticky-slime bugs! Discover the vast world of insects in this photo-filled book.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Science, Kids, Animals

32 pages, Paperback

First published February 23, 2016

About the author

Sue Fliess ("fleece") is the bestselling author of Robots, Robots Everywhere!, I'm a Ballerina! and How to Trap a Leprechaun, and more than 35 other children's books including Sadie Sprocket Builds a Rocket, Mrs. Claus Takes the Reins, Mary Had a Little Lab, Beatrice Bly's Rules for Spies, and many Little Golden Books. Her books have sold over 850,000 copies worldwide. Her background is in copywriting and PR/marketing, and her essays have appeared in O Magazine, HuffPo, Writer's Digest, and more. Fliess has also written for Walt Disney.

Her books have received honors from the SCBWI, have been used in school curricula, museum educational programs, and have even been translated into multiple languages. The Bug Book was chosen for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library three years in a row and The Hug Book was selected to the Imagination Library Australia.

She's a member of SCBWI, Children's Book Guild of DC, and the Author's Guild. She does book signings, school visits, and speaking engagements.

When she's not writing, she is walking her two silly English Labradors or busy with her two teen boys. She really misses traveling. Sue lives in Northern VA with her family. Visit her at www.suefliess.com.

Reviews

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

My daughter loves this book! The rhymes are fun, and hopefully the silly pictures will help her avoid developing a fear of bugs.

[Melanie Dulaney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderful blend of rhyming text and great photographs of a wide assortment of bugs, perfect for toddlers through grade 2 readers and listeners. Some of the insects, worms and assorted other critters are named within the text but most are not. However, with most of them being fairly familiar creepy crawlies, caregivers can likely provide those names when asked. For those on the older end of the book’s target range, a transition to a more detailed book or to a computer for some online research is certainly possible.

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got this book for free from Dolly Parton Imagination Library.
The rhymes are more like tongue twisters and only sort of match the pictures. The pictures are pretty good though if you want to help your kid avoid a fear of bugs and crawly things.

[Colleen Jones · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is best suited for pre-K through 2nd grade. It uses rhymes to explain the different kinds of bugs that exist in the world. It shows photographs of a variety of insects along with a short rhyme that provides a characteristic about what it does. It features beetles, spiders, and bugs that fly such as butterflies. I think this book is fantastic for young learners. Its simplicity is perfectly geared toward this audience group. I also really found the photographs to be intriguing as they provide a lot of close-up detail. This book can be utilized for an early science lesson on the vast variety of insects that exist in a community. It would also be great in a classroom library for students to look at during free reading time, exposing them to enriching material regardless of their reading abilities.

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

This month's installment from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, The Bug Book was a delightful introduction to all manner of bugs - from beetles to spiders to butterflies - for our littlest readers. The rhyming words were fun and gave basic snippets of information about the bugs pictured. The up-close photographs gave lovely details of the bugs and I hope that it instills a sense of wonder in my little one instead of a fear of bugs in the future! My only complaint was that all of the bugs were not identified (just a single page at the end gave the names of a few) - although in today's digital age it is easy enough to look them up.

[Lacy | literary_lacy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is very interesting, and is a great way to introduce kids to different insects. My daughters loves looking at the pages even though some of the bugs are creepy. My younger son, enjoyed looking at the different insects as well.

This is a great book for kids, especially for teaching them about insects in a safe way.

[Jana Mundell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Violet loved the colorful bugs.

[Nathan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beatiful artwork, a wide variety of bugs, and it rhymes

[Angela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Laura wasnt too interested in the first read through, maybe try again another time.

[Cara Byrne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful, colorful photographs of many different kinds of bugs (from lady to bed to stink) accompany short verses describing the bugs. Great for the toddler crowd (or the bug lover!).

[Eva · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another book from Imagination Library that I read to my grandbabies.

[Marfita · Rating 2 out of 5]

Beautiful photos - but they really didn't make me feel any better about bugs. Especially the penultimate one of the "sleeping" bug. Ewwww! Heh!

[Lori · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book to my elementary school students and they loved it!

[Arin Brutlag · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book would be better if it could serve as the guide it wants us to check. There is a page at the end with the names of five of the bugs inside, but the author could have easily added the names of each bug either on the page itself or in a full guide at the end. If we're going to learn about bugs, let's learn about bugs!

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple and well done. I wish the font was larger but otherwise well done.