'Visually detailed, this solid offering offers brief descriptions of a variety of bugs. Fine for reading aloud, this lively picture book encourages kids to look for wildlife in their own backyards.' ( Booklist, March 2014) The collage-like mixed-media artwork offers vivid views of the yard and its inhabitants. 'Here's a bright, breezy picture book spotlighting many varieties of bugs. Deceptively simple, with innovative illustrations and a catchy narrative, this book adeptly supplies information, a sense of accessibility, close looking and joie de vivre.' ( Kirkus Reviews, December 2013) each page of this ebullient book introduces a different bug's proclivity. 'A picture book that capers with joy in the buggy natural world. This book will delight and inspire the youngest insect enthusiasts who will bug their adults to read it over and over and over again.' ( Shelf Awareness, March 14, 2014, *STARRED REVIEW) Some Bugs by Angela DiTerlizzi ( Say What?) lives up to that challenge, celebrating some of the world's most successful living creatures in rhythmic and upbeat text that bursts off the page, accompanied by Brendan Wenzel's exuberant illustrations. So vivid are Wenzel's compositions that readers will feel transported to a summer day, when the air is musical and life is literally buzzing.' ( Publishers Weekly, January 2014, *STARRED REVIEW) Even the most squeamish or squash-happy reader will find these critters easy to love.

* ' marvelous encyclopedic look at backyard entomology.

Featuring insects including butterflies and moths, crickets and cicadas, bumblebees and beetles, this zippy rhyming exploration of backyard-bug behavior is sure to have insect enthusiasts of all ages bugging out with excitement!

Some bugs by angela diterlizzi