"A forest adventure packed with surprises."
There’s always so much extra to enjoy in any Emily Gravett picture book and, like a summer pudding (recipe on the inside cover), this one is bursting with deliciousness.
The story, adeptly told in a rhyming text and witty illustrations, tells how the forest animals are getting ready to help Pete the badger cook some of the recipes in his How to Cook Fruit book. He’s ready to start when a fly interrupts, and no sooner has that been chased away, than a whole cloud arrives.
Pete, as those who’ve read Tidy know, is a badger who likes things clean and orderly, so he sends the animals out to gather up all the flies, then all the bugs and insects in the forest. The trouble is, as the animals soon realise, with the insects safely tidied into jars, there’s no-one to do the pollinating, or eat the dead leaves, or the poo.
The illustrations are filled with details to delight readers of all ages – it’s possible to spend hours poring over the gorgeous double-page spread of the insects in their neatly labelled jars alone – while in typical Gravett style, remove the dust jacket and you’ll find the cover is actually that for How to Cook Fruit, stained from use and with a wasp drawn to the painted berries in its bowl of fruit.
A comic woodland adventure, a cookbook, a guide to native bugs and insects – how many more extras will you find in this wonderful work?
A very funny picture book story in which Pete the Badger, star of Emily Gravett's award-winning books Tidy and Too Much Stuff!, learns valuable lessons about the importance of all creatures, big and small, in maintaining the harmony of nature.
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A very funny picture book story in which Pete the Badger, star of Emily Gravett's award-winning books Tidy and Too Much Stuff!, learns valuable lessons about the importance of all creatures, big and small, in maintaining the harmony of nature.Pete the Badger is choosing a delicious recipe from his new fruit cookbook when his peace is interrupted by a teeny tiny fly. The fly becomes a swarm and soon all the animals are being bothered by bugs and insects of all kinds . . . before helping Pete to rid the forest of every single one.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Bothered by Bugs and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-6 years old
Bothered by Bugs features in the following genres: Featured Books for 3+ readers, Featured Books for 5+ readers, Books of the Month, Recommendations, Star Books, Funny, Animal Stories, Cooking / Food, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Practical interests, Children’s / Teenage: General interest
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Bothered by Bugs was written by Emily Gravett and published by Two Hoots an imprint of Pan Macmillan
Bothered by Bugs has 40 pages
Yes it is part of A Pete the Badger Story series
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