Breakout at the Bug Lab (Easy-to-Read, Dial) - Hardcover

Horowitz, Ruth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803725108 ISBN 13: 9780803725102

Publisher: Dial, 2001

Synopsis

When Max, a giant cockroach, gets loose on the day the television people are at their mother's bug lab to film a great event, two brothers are forced into action to catch him and put him away before it ruins the whole celebration that all the big shots are coming to attend.

About this title

About the Author:

Ruth Horowitz has written many books for young children, including Crab Moon.

Joan Holub has written and/or illustrated many books for young readers, including The Garden that We Grew and The Pizza that We Made.

From Booklist:

Gr. 1-2. The narrator and his brother think their mom has a cool job: she studies bugs at a nature lab that's just received a grant. When the boys attend the celebration, they discover that Max the hissing cockroach has escaped. Worried that Max may reappear during the party and frighten the guest of honor, the grant donor, the boys seek and capture the bug with some hilarious tactics and the help of a mysterious woman named "One-Shot L." The madcap adventure holds a nice surprise in the end when down-to-earth L's identity is revealed. Holub's appealing, bright illustrations capture this Dial Easy-to-Read chapter book's humor and suspense, and readers will enjoy the fun facts woven into the lively, well-paced text: "Our mom . . . collects robber flies. They carry their food with their feet. She looks at dung beetles. They eat animal poop!" Gillian Engberg
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About this edition

• Publisher: Dial
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0803725108
• ISBN 13: 9780803725102
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Holub Joan