The Big Bug Search

Little boys love bugs and this is the book to help them identify those creatures they come in contact with on a daily basis! Learn the name of any bug you can imagine. To first understand the book you will find page two most helpful. This explains how the pages are set up. This is a puzzle book and many of the bugs are hidden in the pictures among the background of their surroundings in their daily life. When you open up the following pages there is a picture laid out in the two pages in the middle. The top, bottom and side borders have pictures with descriptions and facts on all the bugs. Some of the pages are horizontal and others are vertical. For each picture you will find approximately one hundred bugs. It is important to teach the youngster that you would not normally find that amount in the same spot. The Big Bug Search is an asset for the child who is learning to count, what a fun way to learn your numbers than by counting bugs! This is also similar to the types of homework we receive from the Kindergarten classroom with the searching for items that are hidden and hard to find. This search book series will provide countless hours of exploring, learning, counting and memorizing of every name listed in here for my son. I feel he will be having fun this summer as well as experimenting with the outside world of bugs, beetles and the like from the knowledge taken from The Big Bug Search . By looking through the pages with the pictures he has learned where to find certain spiders, what color trees some bugs like to hang out while others like the water scenery best. For the child who is a beginning reader this will be more of an interactive book with an Adult to read and help with the search of where each bug is lurking. With a magnifying glass a child can explore further. With this being a large paperback book you can use a pen or pencil to circle those that are of interest and answer the questions. My son likes to use a highlighter or marker to note his favorites.

My 3 1/2 year old son loves this book. The pictures are so detailed, he can alwasy discover something new. When he first read it, we looked for butterflies on each page. Now, he enjoys looking for snails. The text and illustrations make it suitable for much older children, so I know he will continue to enjoy it for years to come.

EDC Publishing offers three outstanding Usborne "picture puzzle" titles beautifully illustrated by Ian Jackson for children with an interest in nature and wildlife that are as fun and they are informative. In The Great Animal Search (0746017391, ...) there are some 100 animals to spot and identify on every double-page of this oversized book. Each scenario showcases a different part of the world and the wildlife that lives there. In addition to countless hours of puzzle solving fun, there is a wealth of fascinating animal facts presented in succinct, easy-to-read captions. The Big Bug Search (0746027036, ...) follows the same format, only this time for insects ranging from hairy spiders and black slugs to dragonflies and leafcutter ants. With The Great Undersea Search (0746023413, ...) the focus in on live under water in the various puzzle pictures ranging from coral reef to ocean depths to sunken pirate ship, and more. With all three books, should young readers (or their parents!) get stuck trying to find all the hidden things, their are answers in the back. This wonderfully presented, magnificently illustrated series is especially recommended for home schooling curriculums, rainy day pastimes, or long road trip diversions.

Great book to give as a prize for finding software bugs (beats "A Bug's Life" merchandise hands down).