Lydia loves bugs. She loves big, bouncing bugs and small, squiggly bugs. You know who doesn’t love bugs?
Lydia loves bugs but her father and brother do not! Scared of all things creepy crawly, they often run away or set her bugs free. But you know who else loves bugs? Lydia’s mom. She’s an entomologist, and she helps Lydia collect bugs for a very special day at school, when Lydia gets to show and tell her classmates all about her bugs. And now everybody loves bugs!
Packed full of adorable insects, Lydia Loves Bugs is the perfect picture book for any little nature lover or aspiring bug collector. It has singing bugs and silent bugs, slightly stinky bugs and fly-away bugs, with an underlying message about being seen and understood. Every page comes with fun wordplay from Heidi Stemple and cute illustrations from Yuliya Pankratova that make creepy-crawly insects seem not so scary, and young readers can discover facts about their favorite bugs at the end of the book. Who knows? After reading this story, even your child might develop a love for STEM and all things creepy-crawly.
Publication Date: 19th May 2026
My Review:
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Four Point Five Stars
The illustrations of the book were out of the world. It is educational too as the book explains about the different kinds of ‘bugs’. But I adored how Lydia and her mother, who is an entomologist, love bugs. But Lydia’s father and brother cannot stand the critters and their reactions were cute to watch. The book is also a perfectly good way to introduce the world of insects to children as a welcome place, instead of being something scary.
I especially enjoyed the image of the scared dad.
Lovely read.
Thank you for the eArc Netgalley.
Review also found at:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8274371167
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