Alpha Bugs: A Pop Up Alphabet Book - Hardcover

Carter, David A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671866311 ISBN 13: 9780671866310

Publisher: Little Simon, 1994

Synopsis

Amusing and zany bugs lead readers from A to Z, in a pop-up book that also uses scratch-and-sniff and touch-and-feel features to teach young children that learning the alphabet can be fun.

About this title

About the Author

David A. Carter is a master paper engineer and creator of the Bugs series, which has sold more than 6 million copies. Also the author and illustrator of the critically acclaimed Color series, featuring One Red Dot, Blue 2, 600 Black Spots, Yellow Square, and White Noise, he lives in Auburn, California, with his wife and two daughters.

Reviews

Where will they strike next? A jar of olives (medium, pitted, California), a waffle iron (silver, black-handled), a rock (plain, brown)-each conceals a daffy insect invention from the creator of How Many Bugs in a Box? and Jingle Bugs. In Carter's latest, familiar objects (umbrella, doughnut, hammer, etc.) are given (appropriately named) bug eyes and, often, antennae; they are wittily transformed into members of an odd but comical alphabet species. The subtitle doesn't quite do the book justice, since there as many pull-tabs and liftable flaps as true pop-ups (and a turning wheel, a tactile powder puff and even a scratchable "fancy fragrant Flower Bug")-but that minor cavil certainly won't prevent kids from having a grand time as they discover three particularly peppy specimens lurking in a "jar of jumping Jellybean Bugs" or lift a vibrant green vine to uncover "two terribly timid Tomato Bugs." Amusing alliteration and a zany sense of humor deliver fun with every letter. Ages 2-4.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Little Simon
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671866311
• ISBN 13: 9780671866310
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Carter David A.
• Number of pages: 26