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32 pp.
| Simon/Beach Lane |
March, 2014 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4424-5880-1$17.99
|
EbookISBN 978-1-4424-5881-9
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Brendan Wenzel.
"Stinging, biting, stinking, fighting, hopping, gliding, swimming, hiding...." Jaunty rhymes describe the many activities of a variety of bugs. The scansion is unstrained, begging to be chanted aloud, and Wenzel's spirited mixed-media illustrations match the text's tone, clarify its meaning, and imbue the bugs with personality. Readers won't hesitate to follow the ending injunction to "find some bugs in your backyard!"