Hustle Bustle Bugs by Catherine Bailey
Art by Lauren Eldridge
Little Brown and Company, 2022
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Cover Blurb: Secret cities buzz and bustle with itty-bitty hardwork hustle.
Ready with their magnifying glasses, camera and scrapbook, two young sisters head into nature to discover all the bugs they can.
And these critters are hard at work! From carpenter ants chewing up old trees (like builders clearing a construction site) to butterflies spreading pollen (like gardeners planting seeds) to crickets making beautiful sounds (like musicians playing music), bugs belong to a busy world just like people do.
Crouch down low -- hush. You'll see how bugs build a community.
REVIEW: Hurry up and grab a copy of Hustle Bustle Bugs and follow the bugs through this lively rhyming picture book!
This book is clever in that it will appeal to many age groups -- little ones with its rollicking rhyme, young kids with it's active busy bugs, and older kids with its interesting and informative side bars.
Lauren Eldridge's mixed media art (paper, clay, drawings, everyday objects and photographs) brings Catherine Bailey's text to life in fun and captivating ways as two sisters explore and discover bugs in their backyard. An explanation of the illustrator's process will inspire children and adults alike to create with found objects.
Lastly, Catherine's Fun Buggy Facts expands on the world of bugs and explains their roles.
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REVIEW BY: Lynne Marie
Lynne Marie is the author of Hedgehog Goes to Kindergarten -- art by Anne Kennedy (Scholastic 2011), Hedgehog's 100th Day of School -- art by Lorna Hussey (Scholastic 2017), The Star of the Christmas Play -- art by Lorna Hussey (Beaming Books 2018), Moldilocks and the 3 Scares -- art by David Rodriguez Lorenzo (Sterling / Scholastic 2019), Let’s Eat! Mealtime Around the World -- art by Parwinder Singh (Beaming Books 2019), The Three Little Pigs and the Rocket Project AND The Three Little Pigs and the Rocket Project Coloring Book -- art by Wendy Fedan (Mac and Cheese Press 2022), and American Pie -- art by Dea Lenihan (Dancing Flamingo Press 2022) and more, coming soon!
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