Busy Bugs Lazy Bugs (Busy Bugs Board Books) [Board book]

David A. Carter (Author, Illustrator)

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Board book: 12 pages
• Publisher: Little Simon (April 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689813473
• ISBN-13: 978-0689813474
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,505,612 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

David A. Carter is the mastermind behind the powerful Bug phenomenon that began in 1988 with the publication of How Many Bugs in a Box? Since then he has created a series of Bugs books with combined sales of nearly six million copies. His work, One Red Dot, was a New York Times best-seller and was highly praised by Newsweek and Entertainment Weekly magazines. He is also the author of the popular Blue 2. His Easter Bugs was a #1 New York Times bestseller for three years, and Halloween Bugs has been on that list for two years. He has also collaborated on Let's Make It Pop-Up!, Curious Critters, The Elements of Pop Up, and The Nutcracker. He lives in Auburn, California, with his wife and two daughters.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Busy Bugs is GREAT, May 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Busy Bugs Lazy Bugs (Busy Bugs Board Books) (Board book)

My son can "read" this book at 2, he knows happy, sad , silly, and loves the contrast between quiet and CRAZY! This is a great book for toddlers!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Colorful humorous drawings of "bugs", July 2, 2001

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marared (Southern California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Busy Bugs Lazy Bugs (Busy Bugs Board Books) (Board book)

This is one of a series of books about "bugs" by David Carter. Carter's "bugs" are imaginative and fanciful. If you are looking for a book to teach your child about different types of bugs, this is not it. The bugs in this book are not "real" bugs, they are cartoon caricatures of bugs (sometimes barely recognizable as "bugs") showing a number of different feelings and states (happy, sad, hungry, busy, crazy, cold, etc). With that in mind, I highly recommend this book. My 14 month old daughter loves the bright colorful pictures, and the big eyes on all the bugs capture her attention. This is a favorite in our house, and it's fun for Mom and Dad to read to her because it's humorous (check out why one of the bugs is not hungry). The words are minimal but rhythmic and work well for those who have kids who want to turn the pages themselves, because there's not a big storyline to miss if they turn several pages at once - each page stands alone.

Overall a fun, colorful, attractive book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great for teaching emotions!, October 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Busy Bugs Lazy Bugs (Busy Bugs Board Books) (Board book)

This book taught our daughter what happy, sad, sillyetc. means! She now points to each picture and says the words! Sheloves it so much I just ordered the other 3 books in the series!