Thursday, September 27, 2012

Josh Rouse – Picture Book: The Bugliest Bug



The Bugliest Bug is a children’s picture book written by Carol Diggory and illustrated by Scott Nash. It is an extremely colourful and fun book about a dragonfly leading his fellow bugs against an invading spider army to become the bugliest bug of them all!

The book’s rhythm is a big part of the narrative of this book. The rhyming scheme creates a pattern for the reader throughout the book which aids in early childhood reading. This book is also a helpful aid in educating students about bugs, for example, through the use of the word “arachnids” instead of spiders. This is a way for students to extend their existing knowledge with a fun, engaging and colourful text such as The Bugliest Bug. The illustrations in this book are extremely eye-catching with lots of bright colours and are often full-page or double page pictures.

Students could also examine some of the many bugs used in the illustrations as a link with Science or draw their own bugs as link with Art. This book is a good basis for many engaging learning experiences. In this case, The Bugliest Bug makes a good primary text and could be used for any year level within the primary strand.

Josh Rouse

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