Snug as a bug?

Snug as a bug?

Karl Newson

Book - 2023

Meet a bug who is as snug as a bug can be. Oh, but not for long! Along comes a knock on the door and suddenly he's off on a wild and risky adventure... Bug is chased by creature after creature--he's clearly ever so tasty--through woodland, dark caves, and a mighty waterfall! He barely escapes becoming someone's dinner and comes close to meeting all sorts of sticky ends, but he keeps insisting he is "snug as a bug"! Can he make it back home? As snug as a bug can be?

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Subjects
Insects > Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories > Pictorial works.
Action and adventure fiction.
Animal fiction.
Picture books.
Genres
Children's stories Pictorial works
Action and adventure fiction
Animal fiction
Picture books
Published
Beverly, MA : Happy Yak 2023.
Language
English
Main Author
Karl Newson (author)
Other Authors
Alex Willmore (illustrator)
Item Description
Snug as a Bug is a hilarious picture book romp from Karl Newson, with energetic and characterful illustrations from award-winning illustrator Alex Willmore which help the story leap of the page!
Physical Description
32 unnumbered pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
ISBN
9780711274860
9780711274846
Contents unavailable.
Review by Kirkus Book Review

This bug makes the case for not answering the doorbell. "I'm as snug as a bug in a rug, I am," says a bug with pink spots. "There has never been a bug / in THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD / so happily snug as me!" When the doorbell rings after the bug has already retired for the night, they grumble but answer it anyway. From there, it's one misadventure after another as a parade of different animals demand their dinner, aka the bug. Our protagonist periodically recites the "I'm as snug as a bug" verse that began the book, hilariously replacing the phrase "in the whole wide world" with their current terrifying situation: "IN A CAVE OF CERTAIN DEATH," "IN A FOREST OF DOOM." After narrowly escaping a flight on the back of a bird, a trip down a waterfall, and like perils, will the bug finally be digested in the stomach of a croc? Not likely. "I may be small… / but I'm mighty!" And when the doorbell rings again after this adventure? Well, the bug doesn't have a choice--it's mom come calling. The hapless bug will entertain readers as they ping-pong from one danger to the next with their fuzzy yellow slippers, bug eyes, antennae, and four arms (always in motion) expressing their every emotion while the predators leer hungrily. (This book was reviewed digitally.) In this giggle-inducing tale, the Indiana Jones of bugs escapes to sleep another night, snug as a bug. (Picture book. 3-7) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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