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BOING! A Bouncy Book of Bugs
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A top poet and illustrator combine to reveal the amazing world of bugs and minibeasts in this read-aloud collection of poems. If it jiggles just a little or its home is in the mud or it wiggles down its middle … oh indeed – it's a...
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A top poet and illustrator combine to reveal the amazing world of bugs and minibeasts in this read-aloud collection of poems.
If it jiggles just a little
or its home is in the mud
or it wiggles down its middle …
oh indeed – it's a bug!
If it scuttles or it rustles
or it leaps upon a rug
or it bustles in a meadow …
yes siree – it is a bug!
Best-selling poet James Carter loves bugs. He has written many poems about them, and now here is a whole book devoted to bugs and minibeasts. Buzzing with energy and fun, it celebrates them in all their glorious bugliness – grasshoppers, moths, ladybirds, dung beetles, flies, wasps, even bedbugs get a look in, and finishes with the extraordinary tardigrades who can live in outer space. Many are shape poems – Carter's speciality – some are riddles, and all are perfectly matched by Neal Layton's bugtiful colour illustrations.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781915659507
Publisher: Otter-Barry Books
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 09 January 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Otter-Barry Books
Illustration: Illustrations, color
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Neal Layton
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 9.0mm
Width: 240.0mm
Height: 275.0mm
Weight: 430g
Pages: 32
About the Author
James Carter is a former lecturer in Creative Writing and Children's Literature at Reading University – now a world-travelling children's poet, giving performances with his melodica at festivals, workshops and in libraries and schools. His previous books for younger children are Zim Zam Zoom, illustrated by Nicola Colton, and A Ticket to Kalamazoo, illustrated by Neal Layton. He lives in Oxfordshire.
Neal Layton studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Newcastle University and Central St Martin's School of Art. His images are prized for their spontaneity and inventiveness. His picture books include The Tree, The Story of Stars, and A Planet Full of Plastic. He lives on the Isle of Wight.
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