Hello, Bugs! (Black and White Sparklers) [Board book]

Smriti Prasadam (Author), Emily Bolam (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2010 | Age Range: 2 and up | Series: Black and White Sparklers

A charming introduction to ten beautiful little bugs, featuring high contrast black-and-white patterns. A glittering burst of colored foil brings a vivid splash of color to every page.

With first words to join in with, this stunning book will captivate sparkly little babies everywhere!

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About the Author

Smriti Prasadam has been a children's writer and editor for more than ten years and has written several children's books, including the bestselling Jingle Jangle Jungle, illustrated by Axel Scheffler. Smriti lives in Richmond-upon-Thames. Emily Bolam has illustrated over a hundred books for children by many different authors, including Georgie Adams, Vivian French and Francesca Simon. Emily lives and works in Brighton. --This text refers to an alternate Board book edition.

Product Details

• Age Range: 2 and up
  
• Board book: 10 pages
• Publisher: Tiger Tales; Board Book edition (September 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1589258622
• ISBN-13: 978-1589258624
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 6.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,754 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #14 in Books > Children's Books > Animals > Bugs & Spiders

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for young babies August 26, 2011

By Sallie Page-Goertz

Format:Board book|Amazon Verified Purchase

I'm a pediatric nurse practitioner - We give this book to infants birth to 4-6 months of age in our practice as part of Reach out and Read...their eyes light up when they see the pages! The high contrast black and white images, with the sparkle of color is eye catching, and the text is fun for the adults who are sharing the book with their child. The companion book about animals is also great. I was thrilled to find it to buy for our soon to be born grand baby -

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for very young eyes April 8, 2012

By HMAC

Format:Board book

My 4 month old daughter can't take her eyes off the pictures in this book! It's hands down her favorite book because of the black and white pictures with splashes of metallic color. (I would give it a 5 out of 5 if it didn't classify snails and worms as bugs.)

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple and well-executed book! July 20, 2011

By A. Berke

Format:Board book

We bought both this book and Wee Gallery Art Cards for our twin daughters. The Art Cards are wonderful, but in the 'high-contrast, simple pictures' category, Hello Bugs wins hands down in our family. Part of the difference is the color accents and part of it is that, well, it's a book and it is easier to read in the same order every time.

It never occurred to us when we bought the book, but two additional things make this book a favorite of our daughters. First, the bugs used in this book show up in many other children's books. In that these are our first kids, we hadn't paid much attention to other children's books, but the reinforcement is wonderful! The other thing that makes this book so great is tied to its simplicity. The words, while by no means profound, lend themselves perfectly to simple, repetitive motions that tie the text and pictures together (for instance, we wiggle them for the caterpillar). In that they both will do the motion we taught them for 'slide glide' (the snail page) when we mention snails, we think they enjoy the book! (oh, and they 'fight' over it, which I suppose is about the best endorsement a children's book can get)