A wonderful celebration of many bugs that we find in our own back yards in New Zealand. Each page highlights a particular bug – flies, grubs, spiders or beetles. They all behave or look a certain way to the narrator of the story.

Wily and Whiny or Shiny and Spiny.

Tingly and Tickly or Pleasingly Prickly.

But who is telling the story? It’s somebody who thinks all these bugs TASTE good too! He’s hiding on every page. Can you find him?

Each double page spread in this gorgeous hardback picture book portrays a snippet of the featured bug in a natural environment. The illustrations are beautiful and fun at the same time. Find the narrator and learn more about the bugs in the back of the book. Learn the Maori name of the bug and a little bit about them too.

I Love Bugs would make a fabulous gift for any young bug lover, or budding entomologist. It would also make a brilliant classroom resource. The hardy hardback cover will be helpful when you take it outside for your own bug discoveries.

Author / Illustrator – Elspeth Alix Batt

Picture Book

(2020, OneTree House, NZ, New Zealand, Bugs, Insects, Spiders, Arachnids, Critters, Entomology)