Bugs Bugs Bugs!

DK Eyewitness Readers

by Jennifer Dussling

Describes the hunting activities of various bugs, including the praying mantis, wood ant, and dragonfly

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Animals, Picture Books, Childrens, Stem

32 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1998

Reviews

[Jonah Liebhauser · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked the grasshopper a lot!

[Christina Starks · Rating 4 out of 5]

Children are very curious individuals and need opportunities to explore and investigate questions. In Jennnifer Dusslings nonfiction book, “Bugs, Bugs, Bugs,” she informs children about a variety of bugs. The reading level of this book would be considered a great read aloud for kindergarten and beginning first grade. The reading level could potential be the instructional level of a beginning/middle first grader. This book is a great opportunity to engage students to make inquiries and investigate questions. During an initial picture walk with the children, the concept of not having a table of contents can be pointed out. Each page displays beautiful images of bugs and provides information about survival and life through the eyes of bugs. This book is a very useful strategic tool for lower elementary grades. I would incorporate this book within my science curriculum and explore the features of a nonfiction text. I would ask the students to create questions to investigate during our reading. After the reading, I would have the student pick one bug to explore. I would model with the students how the assassin bug could be a good example of a bug to further explore. After students have investigated the bug of their choosing, we would create an “All About….” book to share with the school. The students could also add an illustration of their bug to the cover of the book. This book can truly relate different content areas such as science, literacy, writing, and creativity within one lesson.

[Jc · Rating 3 out of 5]

So many creepy crawlies. Bugs are amazing.

[Spencer · Rating 1 out of 5]

Gift from Harper's grandmother

[Josiah · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is very cool. It is a bit tricky. I love to read it. It is so much fun.

[Janna]

This fact book covers a lot of information about different kinds of bugs. It seems like its purpose is to introduce the reader to less common types of bugs and how they function. There was a strong focus on what the bugs eat and what their defense mechanisms are. The photos were magnified to show the bugs closer than the human eye see. This was a great way to show the bugs with better detail. Something that this book has that I have not seen in other books is “A Note to Parents” at the beginning of the book. This is a beginning reader book so it is written with short, easy sentences and the print is extra large. I was interested to know where the bugs live, since it did not share this information in the book, because I want to know if they live around me.

[Connie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a simply written non-fiction book. Most non-fiction books are written for older kids, or for younger kids only as read-alouds. A *factual* book that early readers can read to themselves?

Brilliant.

Not every kid wants fairies and talking dinosaurs all the time. Sometimes, they really just want plain facts.

I really like this book, have I said?

I do have one minor problem with it, and that is that the text is really not laid out in the best way for this stage of reader. It can be a little distracting, jumping from section to section, and the text-boxes aren't any help - the information they contain should really be integrated into the main text instead.

[Melanie, Aaron, Annie, and Mary Project · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!
By Jennifer Dussling
Grade Levels:K-2
DRA/Lexile Measure/GLE: 620L/2.8
Reviewed By Aaron Carter

This book, which is considered by DK as a “Level 2” option—rated by them as for Grades 1-3—provides interesting facts about common and unique insects alike, and supplements the information with close-up photos of the various bugs. The sentences are relatively simple, though some words might need explanations for understanding. Know up front, however, that the topics of death and the killing each other are found throughout. Overall, this would be a great resource for any lessons/units in which insects are covered.

[Anthony W · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bugs, what do they really do and who do they really bother. This book mentions just a small small portion of bugs in the world. It also talks about what each bug might do if another bug gets near them.


If you ever woundered what a bug might look like just glance at the pictures in this book. These pictures look so realistic, it seems like they are sittin right there on your hand. Also the text wonderfully describes each bug perfectly

[S.N. Arly · Rating 4 out of 5]

We got this for my daughter to try to take away some of the scariness of bugs. She likes the book and asks for it. She enjoys hearing about bugs in nature. The photos are good. The simplified facts are useful, though some of the languge is a bit stiff. My biggest complaint is that a catrpillar is mislabled twice as a Monarch, when it very definitely isn't.

It appears I have an older version of the book (published in 1996), so perhaps some of these things have changed.

[Amy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Starts off with rather gruesome descriptions of bugs eating other bugs. Then tells how bugs avoid being eaten.

[Cws]

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[Brian · Rating 2 out of 5]

like all DK books, great pictures

[Theresa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! (Level 2: Beginning to Read Alone)
Dussling, Jennifer *
easy early reader talking about bugs and their scientific knowledge

[Terri Pray · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read through sniffles, but Jack found the information about the different bugs to be fascinating.

[Joshua's Mom · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one wasn't as interesting to my son as the others in the collection. I think it has to do with what they decided to discuss in the text. The pictures, being from DK, are of course awesome.

[Morgan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! is a great way for students to start to learn about bugs. The book does a good job talking about different types of bugs at a level younger students would understand. I know of a first grade teacher who used this book for a lot of small activities in her classroom.