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Some Bugs

Illustrated by Brendan Wenzel
LIST PRICE $8.99

About The Book

Get the buzz on bugs in this Classic Board Book edition of Some Bugs by bestselling author Angela DiTerlizzi!

Grab your magnifying glass!
Find your field guide!
And come hop, hide, swim, and glide
through this buggy backyard world!


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

About The Author

Photograph © Kim Pilla

Angela DiTerlizzi is a mom, wife, and author who loves writing books for children. Her picture books include Some PetsSome Bugs, Baby Love, and Just Add Glitter. She and her husband, bestselling author/illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi, reside with their daughter in Amherst, Massachusetts.

About The Illustrator

Brendan Wenzel’s artwork often explores the natural world and our relationship to it and he has teamed up with many groups working to preserve wild places and creatures around the world.  He has illustrated several acclaimed animal-themed picture books, including Some Bugs and Some Pets by Angela DiTerlizzi, Beastly Babies by Ellen Jackson, and his own They All Saw a Cat. He lives in New York.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Little Simon (June 14, 2016)
  • Length: 34 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781481464444
  • Grades: P - P
  • Ages: 2 - 4

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Awards and Honors

  • Kansas NEA Reading Circle List PrimaryTitle
  • Keystone to Reading Book Award Reading List (PA)
  • Texas 2x2 Reading List
  • Capital Choices Noteworthy Books for Children's and Teens (DC)
  • Marion Vannett Ridgway Award
  • North Carolina Children's Book Award Nominee
  • Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year Selection Title
  • MSTA Reading Circle List
  • Wisconsin State Reading Association's Reading List
  • South Dakota Children's Book Award Nominee

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