The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Evans, Lynette

Bug Life

32 pp. | Insight Kids | September, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-1-60887-199-5 $12.99

(4) K-3 Small World series. Illustrated by Francesca D'Ottavi. Behavior, defense mechanisms, and life stages--from egg through larva, pupa, and adult beetle--are accurately explained as readers follow a single ladybug. Though information is clear, the poetic narration personifies the insect ("the brave little beetle"), and almost always uses the diminutive "little" before the noun. Bright, zoomed-in digital illustrations of a small world in large scale follow the text closely.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian