Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!: Bugs are Cool and So is This Book. Fact.

By Author / Illustrator

Susan Martineau, Vicky Barker

Genre

Environment & Nature

Age range(s)

Publisher

b small publishing

ISBN

9781916851252

Format

Hardback

Published

24-07-2025

Synopsis

What exactly is a bug? What do they look like, how do they eat and where do their babies come from? Also, are bugs and insects the same thing? Join award-winning duo, Susan Martineau and Vicky Barker, as they creep, crawl, leap and buzz their way through bug world to find the answers to these questions ... and many more.

Here are winged wonders, amazing ants, minibeasts with super senses and spiders bigger than your hand! (Aren't spiders arachnids? Yes, you can read about them too!) You'll even discover why we need all bugs, even the pesky ones, and how you can help them. The perfect book to capture bug-loving super fans and delight nature investigators everywhere!

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Reviews

Sue

Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! is the latest title from the brilliant team of Susan Martineau and Vicky Barker. Full of fascinating facts, this is the perfect book for every entomophile - and even those less keen on our insect friends!

Children are fascinated by 'creepy crawlies' and studying them is often a popular topic in schools, capturing curiosity and enthusiasm, and allowing them to 'work scientifically' by observing these incredible creatures for themselves. This book is perfect for supporting and developing this interest both at home and at school.

Beautiful illustrations, including labelled diagrams and sequenced pictures, accompany the text, supporting comprehension and developing understanding. The spread about 'water bugs', for example, could be used to aid identification of bugs in a garden pond, perhaps leading to children drawing and labelling their own.

Covering everything from feeding habits to life cycles, there are so many fascinating facts here. The information is written in a very accessible style with plenty of humour, whilst using the correct terminology to explain processes. Concluding with a section which explains why bugs are so important and what we can do to help them, there is so much to learn here.

Whether fascinated - or horrified - by spiders, intrigued by gastropods or annoyed by mosquitoes, Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! is the book you need!

Also in the series: Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs! Sharks, Sharks, Sharks!

38 pages / Reviewed by Sue Wilsher