Review: This book does not have very many words at all and the pictures are very simple. When you lift up the pop-up, it shows the bugs and says how many there are. I will read the question on the page that has to do with how many bugs are in the box, after I will call on a child to tell me the answer and to lift the flap to see if they are correct.Ĭopyright: 1987 Number of Pages: unnumbered Book Format: hardcover Reading Level: ages 3-6 Genre: fiction Lit Requirement: Counting book Summary: This is a pop-up children's book that has different shaped, sized, and colored boxed and each box has a different amount of bugs inside. This might require reading the book on several occasions so that every child has a chance.
In my future classroom, I will read this book to my children with the intentions of allowing each child a turn to come up and lift the flap.
The book has been designed for anyone who is learning to count, it is successful in my opinion in teaching children how to count.Ĭonsideration of Instructional Application: The illustrations are quite creative and colorful, drawing the attention of the reader and making them want to read and count more. The plot is kept rather simple in this book, as its sole purpose is teaching children how to count. They both reference the fact that this book does more than just teach children how to count, it presents the children with different sizes and colors, as well. They also both mention the colorful illustrations that David Carter has produced of the bugs. However, the cleverness to the made-up insects varies widely groups such as ``three pretty bugs’' and ``nine very long-necked bugs'' seem rather tame in contrast to the rest.īoth reviews mention the “fun” aspect of the book due to the lift-up flaps that each page contains. Startlingly bright illustrations and elaborate paper engineering should attract young children's attention. Raising the flaps on each spread of this lift-up counting book reveals fanciful insects in increasing numbers, from "one tough bug'' with barbells, to ``seven space bugs'' surrounded by stars and planets, to ``ten saw bugs,'' whose snouts indeed consist of saws. It is fun, funny, and educational, and it will hold up to many tugs by little hands. Not only are numbers presented with a chance to count all the little critters, other concepts, such as size and color, are also part of the text. Carter s imagination has run wild as he presents four fast fleas in a small box and five mellow-yellow fish bugs in a big blue box. Kids learning to count will enjoy pulling the tabs to see the strange and colorful array of bugs that appear. This board book version of his original large format pop-up is a real delight.
The illustrations are colorful and creative, capturing the attention of a young audience learning to count very well.ĭavid Carter is a paper engineer who creates very clever books. Each page contains a different kind of bug, as well as one more bug than the previous page. Upon lifting each flap, a certain number of bugs are revealed. This book consists of a different colored box on each page. The illustrations are colorful and creative, capturing the attention Title: How Many Bugs in a Box?: A Pop Up Counting Book
Carter Genre: Counting book, Moveable book Theme(s): Counting/ numbers Opening line/ sentence: How many bugs are in the red box? Brief book summary: This book consists of a different colored box on each page. Title: How Many Bugs in a Box?: A Pop Up Counting Book Author: David A.