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Beetle Boy

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My partner and I bought this book for a seven year old boy... unfortunately, we kept it for ourselves and he got something else! We read it in the store and laughed and laughed, then took it home and read it a few more times, then it ended up on our bookshelf. But now that I've found it here at Amazon, we'll be ordering more copies for all the kids in our lives. The story is VERY loosely based on Kafka's "Metamorphosis"... a boy wakes up one morning to find that he is a bug. No one seems to notice, except for his best friend, who is quite concerned. Don't worry though, it all works out okay. The drawings are great and the text is fun for kids... and obviously for adults as well!

I sent this to my eight year old nephew and I hear he's very upset that he's not Beetle Boy. He's memorized much of the book already. It's replaced Pokémon as his reason for living. I've read it twice myself and it's a very cool, fantastically funny and sweet book.

Gegory turns into a bug and only his best friend notices. The humor will be appreciated by any adult who has either raised or taught a 2nd grader like Gregory, who experiences a transformation. This book has excellent color illustrations and will be of interest to students from the 1st grade through the 3rd grade levels.

This is a very clever book, which my 6 year old son loves and which I found laugh-out-loud funny myself. I bought it at holiday time after seeing it on an Amazon recommended list for kids, and we weren't disappointed.

Gregory Sampson (like Kafka's Gregor Samsa, get it?) is a 2nd grader who wakes up and is surpried to learn that he has transformed into a giant beetle. He tries telling his parents, but they won't listen to him - his mom says "You were always our little bug-a-boo dear." He is forced to improvise by cutting extra holes in his shirt to accomodate his extra arms (or are they legs he wonders?), and he uses his extra appendages to score in soccer. All in all, this is a charming story which explores some of the themes of alienation and fright that Kafka brilliantly explores in The Metamorphosis, but with a light, humorous touch. Kids will love it, and you will enjoy reading it to them. I wish I could say the same for all childrens' books.

This is a classic! I don't think I fully appreciated Kafka until I read this book.

I think the book Beetle Boy is a book for people who like fiction books. That is true because it has a boy turning into a beetle. Also it has some humar in it too.

The book Beetle Boy by Lawrence David and Delphine Durand is about Gregory Sampson waking up as a Ground Beetle. Find out what happens in Beetle Boy.