Customer Reviews

I Love Bugs!

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NOTE: The professional reviewers have this book listed as appropriate for the 4 to 8 year-old age range; BUT as a mom of a boy and girl (4 and 6 years of age respectively) I'd say they were wrong. I would peg the book as being better suited to those 4 years-old and under.

"I Love Bugs" is a cute little book with nice simplistic pictures and text. One of points that I like about it is that there is a great deal to discuss. You can cover basic information like the names of the creatures, their colors, and what they are doing - crawling, flying, digging, etc.-- or you can discuss the 'environment' in which they live - under rocks, underground, etc.

In addition, on the front and back , there are drawings of various other bugs/insects with a factoid. For example:

"Ladybugs can have from two to more than twenty-four spots."

The bugs/insects covered include: woolly bear, millipede, grasshopper, dragonfly, beetle, water bug, butterfly, caterpillar, bee, spider, ants, praying mantis, cicada, deerfly, moth, cricket, ladybug, luna moth, firefly, and 'baby sister'.

Which brings up one of the cuter aspects of this book. One the last page there is a picture of a baby dressed up in a ladybug outfit. The idea is that the big brother (looks like a boy but I think you could 'fudge' to fit your circumstances and make it a girl if need be) is holding up a their crawling sibling saying "Bugs, bugs, bugs! I LOVE bugs!"

It is cute and touching, particularly so because on the back cover, along with the other bugs, there is a picture of the 'baby sister' with the following:

"If a baby sister "bugs" you, it's just because she loves you!"

Nice segway to explaining to older children why their sibling is into their toys and always following them around.

Four Stars. Cute book for older babies up to preschoolers. For Kindergartens could be used as a primer - with help.

My 2 year old LOVES this book. The pictures are great and he loves learning the bugs' names.

I especially enjoyed this book my mom gave to my son after his baby sister was born this spring... :)

I am an entomologist and I bought this book for my 2 1/2 year old son because he loves bugs! This book has very colorful pictures and is very cute, yet simple. There really isn't much information except that it offers some basic bug identifications. My son likes it though and so do I.

A wonderful story about a young boy who likes to photograph bugs. Front and back pages provide an additional picture with a description of each bug and a fact about it.

Our granddaughter was fearful of bugs and we found this book ideal as an introduction to the different bugs and it helped lessen her fears. Great introduction to bugs for 4 years olds. The book detailed the bugs and gave her an opportunity to decide which bugs were friendly bugs and which ones she didn't like.
Now when she sees a bug she gives it a name and befriends it.

The pictures are nice and the words are very very simple. Good for first time readers

I bought this book as a addition to the class library. My classroom theme this year is bugs and insects. This theme is carried throughout the classroom from books, boards, collectable, etc. It's amazing how many books you can integrate into a theme for each content area, i.e., math, science, social studies, reading, etc.

Bold, colorful illustrations with well drawn humans and bugs will appeal to the young toddler. There are plenty of opportunities to discuss what the bugs contribute to the environment. For instance some bugs make honey, some paddle, some eat leaves. The bugs are cute and will appeal to a child's sense of whimsy.