Face Bug - Hardcover

Lewis, J. Patrick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1590789253 ISBN 13: 9781590789254

Publisher: Wordsong, 2013

Synopsis

In this ingenious picture book, Children’s Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis invites you to visit the Face Bug Museum. There, readers can meet fourteen bugs in Lewis's sly, humorous poems; gaze upon giant close-ups of the creatures' faces in Siskind's photographs; and follow the antics of two beetle friends in Kelly Murphy's artwork. This is a trip to a museum-built by bugs, for bugs-unlike any other. It is also a poetry collection, macro-photography book, and illustrated story-all in one. Includes end notes with photographs of the entire bugs and further information about these creatures.

About this title

About the Author

J. Patrick Lewis is the 2011 winner of the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children and is the current U.S. Children's Poet Laureate. He has written more than sixty books for children and adults, including If You Were a Chocolate Mustache, Spot the Plot: A Riddle Book of Book Riddles and Please Bury Me in the Library. In Spring 2013, he has two other picture books scheduled: Poemobiles: Imaginary Car Poems (co-written with Douglas Florian, Schwarz & Wade) and World Rat Day: Poems About Holidays You Have Never Heard Of (Candlewick). He lives in Westerville, Ohio.

Frederic B. Siskind's photographs have appeared in Life, National Geographic Kids, Nature’s Best, Natural History, Outdoor Photographer, and Birder's World; in children's books on lions, dragonflies, butterflies, caterpillars, fireflies, and amphibians; and in calendars published by Audubon, Teldon, and Shearson. He lives in McLean, Virginia.

Kelly Murphy has illustrated numerous picture books and chapter books, including the New York Times best seller Masterpiece; Secrets at Sea; and the Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist book series. She teaches at the Rhode Island School of Design and lives in Providence, Rhode Island.

Review

"Bugs get a close-up in this new book of poetry that shows off their thousands of eyes, bucktooth incisors, prickly exteriors and more. Frederic B. Siskind's wonderfully creepy full-color photographs and Kelly Murphy's cartoony black-and-white illustrations are abuzz with activity alongside J. Patrick Lewis's witty verses about insects and spiders. Some bugs are cleverly camouflaged, while others flaunt their colors, but they all have something worth celebrating, even the slimy-seeming Eastern Dobsonfly. . . " -- The Washington Post

. . ."There will be many returns to the Face Bug Museum as this book has so much to offer. Wonderfully conceived and executed."--School Library Journal

California Reading Association’s Eureka! Nonfiction Children’s Book Awards
2013
Eureka Gold Awards
Face Bug by J. Patrick Lewis, photographs by Frederic B. Siskind, illustrated by Kelly Murphy, Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills Press, 2013. Grades 2-12
Poetry, science, and fabulous photography merge as you enter the Face Bug Museum and come away amazed by what you will learn about bugs.
http://www.californiareads.org/res/eureka_2013.pdf

Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List 2014-2015
Lewis, J. Patrick. 2013. Face Bug. Illustrated by Kelly Murphy. Photography by Frederic B. Siskind. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mill Press. Hardback: 9781590789254.
Come tour the new and exciting grand opening of the Face Bug Museum! Learn about a variety of weird and unusual insects through closeup photography of bug faces, humorous cartoon bug action, and some fun poetry by a poet laureate.
http://www.txla.org/sites/tla/files/groups/TBA/CopyofAnnotations-MJ.pdf

About this edition

• Publisher: Wordsong
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1590789253
• ISBN 13: 9781590789254
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 36
• Illustrator: Murphy Kelly