Collard III, Sneed Insects: The Most Fun Bug Book
Ever. PICTURE BOOK. 48 pgs. Charlesbridge, 2017. $17.99.
Content: G.
This book features chapters about different aspects
of insects, like the chemical communication they use, what they like to each, which
are the fastest and the toughest, and hatching. Each chapter is stuffed with
information. There are tons of photographs and fact boxes.
This was a long read, only a student who was really
into insects would preserve through this, maybe third grade and up. There are many attempts at humoring
the child reader, but the references and vernacular are outdated. Unfortunately
the publisher did little to try to match the level of fun and excitement that
the author was trying to portray. The layout is just boring (again, I am
comparing to Lerner, who has their team on the ball), many of the pictures look
outdated, like reprints from the 1970s, this could be a print quality issue as
well. Some of the picture choices were poor as well, like fireflies, a close up
is shown but it’s not glowing! The fact boxes really bothered me, they
contained the most interesting information but the same insect was shown crawling
around each, which would confuse student readers because the information is
about other insects. Bottom line is that if you have to put “the most fun bug
book ever” on the cover, it probably isn’t.
EL(K-3), EL –NOT RECOMMENDED Reviewer: Stephanie Elementary School
Librarian & Author.
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