Books like Some Bugs
By Angela DiTerlizzi
For the toddler who stops every walk to crouch over an anthill, this turns that curiosity into a bouncy, read-aloud romp. Bouncy, buzzy, and full of backyard energy.
A parade of dinosaurs shows off opposites — big and tiny, plump and lean, early and later — while sunbathing, dancing, painting, and packing into an elevator.
A parade of dinosaurs shows off opposite traits in bouncy rhyme — weak and strong, short and long, sweet and grumpy — as they race, roar, and stomp toward lunch.
The numbers 1 through 100 race each other up an apple tree in a rhyming chant, piling higher and higher until bumblebees threaten trouble at the top.
A rambunctious crew of dinosaurs shakes tails and stomps feet through a string of silly dance moves — the Shimmy Shimmy Shake, the Quivery Quake, and a rollicking Cha Cha Cha.
A whole prehistoric crowd of dinosaurs gathers on a Saturday night to rock, roll, twirl, and tromp their way through a foot-stomping dance party.
A group of Maasai children sets out across the grasslands of Tanzania, counting animals from one to ten — a leopard, ostriches, giraffes — as they journey through the wild.
A bright, rhyming romp through a day in the life of birds — from the rooster's dawn crow to the owl's nighttime call — inviting little ones to cheep and tweet along.
A rhyming romp through everything that counts as a house — anthills, dog kennels, corn husks, pea pods — and eventually the surprising idea that a shoe, a mirror, even a word, might have a house too.
A feisty red dinosaur roars his way to the library, gathering a lonesome turtle, a sad owl, and other animal friends along the way — but storytime might finally be his match.
A sound-making wonder named Mr. Brown moos like a cow, hoos like an owl, buzzes like a bee, and even chews gum like a grum-grumming hippo, daring readers to make every noise right along with him.
A small green frog perched on a log in the middle of a bog eats bug after bug, growing bigger and bigger until an alligator takes notice.
A rhyming tour through the jungle introduces elephants, tigers, giraffes, hippos, leopards, and chimpanzees, each with their own playful verse and a hidden animal to spot on every page.
