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A review by calistareads
The Bug Girl: A True Story by Margaret McNamara, Sophia Spencer
4.0
This is very cool. I haven’t heard of Sophia Spencer, but it appears she is still a child, a child who loves bugs. She was getting a lot of children calling her weird for her obsession with insects and her mom contacted Entomologist to encourage her daughter and this became a story.
There are plenty of Bug facts and it’s great for any kid who enjoys anthropods (insects). When she was a young pre-school child, the kids thought her facts were cool and when she hit 1st grade, her peers thought she was weird and creepy and she got depressed.
The weirdest bug in here, that I didn’t really know is the Brazilian treehoppers and their decorative ornaments on their backs.
The artwork is watercolor, and honestly, I did not resonate with the art. It did not help the story, but others might love it.
I did read this to my nephew. He thought the story was pretty cool. He still loves the roly polies. He is very quirky himself, see his current Michael Jackson craze. Recently he found a MJ doll on Etsy and put a bid on it and lost. He was very disappointed. He was willing to spend 26$ of his money on it. Here’s my nephew modus operandi, he finds something he loves, like Huey, Louis and Dewey, he tracks down the toy, which can take months. He gets the toy, enjoys it for maybe a month, then he is off to the next thing. Anyway. He gave this story 4 stars. He thought the bugs were sort of a cool gross and wants to find them this spring.
There are plenty of Bug facts and it’s great for any kid who enjoys anthropods (insects). When she was a young pre-school child, the kids thought her facts were cool and when she hit 1st grade, her peers thought she was weird and creepy and she got depressed.
The weirdest bug in here, that I didn’t really know is the Brazilian treehoppers and their decorative ornaments on their backs.
The artwork is watercolor, and honestly, I did not resonate with the art. It did not help the story, but others might love it.
I did read this to my nephew. He thought the story was pretty cool. He still loves the roly polies. He is very quirky himself, see his current Michael Jackson craze. Recently he found a MJ doll on Etsy and put a bid on it and lost. He was very disappointed. He was willing to spend 26$ of his money on it. Here’s my nephew modus operandi, he finds something he loves, like Huey, Louis and Dewey, he tracks down the toy, which can take months. He gets the toy, enjoys it for maybe a month, then he is off to the next thing. Anyway. He gave this story 4 stars. He thought the bugs were sort of a cool gross and wants to find them this spring.