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A review by toad_maiden
The Bug Girl: A True Story by Margaret McNamara, Sophia Spencer
4.0
I should preface this review with the fact that I am the perfect adult audience for this book: I was a "bug girl" for most of my childhood. I played with spiders and woodlice and honeybees and worms every day. When asked what I wanted for my eighth birthday, I could think of nothing more wonderful than a chance to hold a living tarantula (which seemed perfectly normal to me, and which my obliging parents arranged through the local natural history museum). I took home gold medals in the insect category of the Science Olympiad several years; I seriously considered becoming an arachnologist as a kid. I loved--and still love--bugs.
So this book hit me right in the "I feel seen" spot. Sophia's enthusiasm for the world of mini-beasts felt true to my own experience, and her enthusiasm for sharing her knowledge lit up these pages. I can't say that the story itself or the illustrations are in any way ground-breaking, but for me at least, the feeling here rings true and clear.
So this book hit me right in the "I feel seen" spot. Sophia's enthusiasm for the world of mini-beasts felt true to my own experience, and her enthusiasm for sharing her knowledge lit up these pages. I can't say that the story itself or the illustrations are in any way ground-breaking, but for me at least, the feeling here rings true and clear.