Super Bugs - Hardcover

Meadows, Michelle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 054568756X ISBN 13: 9780545687560

Publisher: Orchard Books, 2016

Synopsis

Kids who like insects, superheroes, and good fighting evil will love the Super Bugs!

The Super Bugs help insects when they are in danger!"Antennae up, eyes down.Buzzing all around the town.Super Bugs, Super Bugs, mighty, mightySuper Bugs!"These heroic insects are ready to fly in and lend a helping hand or wing! The Super Bugs spend all day doing good, and when the day ends..."To the hideout -- cozy nest. Even heroes need to rest."Young insect enthusiasts will enjoy the fun facts for all nineteen insects in Super Bugs: ants, beetles, bumblebees, butterflies, caterpillars, cicadas, cockroaches, crickets, daddy longlegs, dragonflies, fireflies, fleas, grasshoppers, houseflies, mosquitoes, moths, spiders, stinkbugs, and termites.

About this title

About the Author

Bill Mayer is the illustrator of A Walk in the Rain with a Brain, Hide and Sheep, and The Monster Who Did My Math. He lives with his wife in Decatur, Georgia. Visit him online at thebillmayer.com.
Michelle Meadows is the author of Hibernation Station and Pilot Pups. She lives in Delaware with her husband and son. Visit her online at michellemeadows.com.

From the Back Cover

Fighting crime, slinging slime.

Save mosquitoes just in time.



Antennae up, eyes down.

Buzzing all around the town.

Super Bugs, Super Bugs, mighty, mighty

Super Bugs.



Ants, beetles, bumblebees, dragonflies, grasshoppers, and more!

The Super Bugs help save insects all day long.



Michelle Meadows is the author of Hibernation Station and Pilot Pups. This is her first picture book for Orchard Books. She lives in Delaware with her husband and son. Visit her online at michellemeadows.com.



Bill Mayer is the illustrator of A Walk in the Rain with a Brain, Hide and Sheep, and The Monster Who Did My Math. This is his first picture book for Orchard Books. He lives with his wife in Decatur, Georgia. Visit him online at thebillmayer.com.

Reviews

PreS-K—Emergent readers will enjoy the colorful illustrations and lyrical refrain in this rhyming picture book. The text is simple and focuses on how the super bugs are able to protect various insects from harm. Whether they are rescuing mosquitoes from a frog's quick tongue or saving a grasshopper from a giant falling tomato, the superheroes are always able to swoop in and put things right. "Antennae up, eyes down./Buzzing all around the town./Super Bugs, Super Bugs,/mighty, mighty Super Bugs!" This book is a nice addition to a classroom library to use when introducing insects and other bugs in nature. The larger-than-life gouache illustrations of the bugs' adventures allow children to see the hidden world of the forest and will pique their interest in what happens beneath our feet. VERDICT A quality book to use with very young and emergent readers. Sure to appeal to superhero fans, too.—April Sanders, Spring Hill College, Mobile, AL

Edition details

• Publisher: Orchard Books
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 054568756X
• ISBN 13: 9780545687560
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Mayer Bill
• Number of pages: 40