Customer Reviews

Beetle Bop

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Denise Fleming uses great colors and a catchy rhyme to tell children about bugs. I love how the words travel around the pages. This book is big enough to read to a group, too.

A very colorful way to explore a versatile and quite prolific bug population. Whether you embrace them or shy away from them, this book will colorfully lead you through the many faces of these fascinating creatures. Beautifully illustrated. A great read aloud book.

Bugs, bugs, bugs, bugs . . . doesn't everybody love them? There are all kinds of bugs and if you get out your bug catching kit you're bound to catch a few. There are ladybugs and long shaped gunny looking striped one. They come in all shapes sizes and colors and animals like skunks love to find and eat them. Yum, yum! A lizard likes them too and his long tongue reaches out to catch "BuZZing beetles, huMMing beetles, steadily druMMing beetles. Beetles are often underfoot, but there are even "crawl-up-the wall beetles!"

"Beetles flip.
Beetles flop.
Beetles fly.
Beetles . . .
bop!

Many children just love beetles and the rhythmical, sing song text and the charming art work in this book are very appealing. This book would be a perfect read aloud book during circle time, especially for the expressive reader. If you search the internet, you can learn how to make insect bug traps. Learn how to identify the bugs and do a little "beetle bop" in your homeschool or classroom setting!

Beetle Bop is a nice rhyming book for the young who like bugs. It has a nice cadence and the different types of beetles mentioned did create some questions. For example, is a lady bug really a beetle? Do beetles really spit or bark?

The artwork is good and my girl did look at the pictures a few times.

The book is rated for 4-8. However, I wonder if a 7-8 year old will want to read this book more then once.

Overall it was a fun read.....

I'm on the opposite side of the review spectrum than previous reviewers of this book. I am a huge children's book fan. I have a 4 year old son. I have to be honest...
I find this book very boring. It is corny and not very creative (in my opinion). I don't like reading children's books that I feel were written with no thought. Anyone could have written this one.

It was give to my son as a gift. But I would never buy this for anyone.

Just my opinion, though...