Bug Boy

by Carol Sonenklar

Book Overview

Bring on the spiders, stinkbugs, and grasshoppers. Charlie Kaplan, "Bug Boy," thinks bugs are the best and is always on a Bug Alert for crawly creatures. But when he receives the Amazing Bug-A-View in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440414652
• ISBN13: 9780440414650
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Yearling Books
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

A Great Book for Kids

Book Review Bug Boy By: Carol SonenklarWould you ever want to get eaten by another bug? Charlie is a very brilliant boy. One day, he gets a very strange gift on his front porch. The gift is a machine that can turn him into any kind of bug of his choice. Grasshopper, Spider, you name it and poof! This book is very exciting. Even though there are no pictures, you get to visualize the words. Charlie really wants to explore different lives for every kind of bug. I bet you're wondering what happens next. I learned that you should never take something without knowing what it will do. Now Charlie is supposed to take care of a bug from the fair. It got lost. Will Charlie find it, or will he get in major trouble?

Bug Boy winner of two awards!

BUG BOY was selected as one of the New York Public Library's 100 books for reading and sharing. It was also picked as one of Spider Magazine's Choice books for l997.

Bug Boy's Grandfather Proud

r I am the authors father and can testify as to her humor and intelligence since she takes after her father. Fortunately she passed these traits on to her children and all who read the book will enjoy. Sol

A very funny book that kids are sure to love.

Charlie is a likeable, ordinary kid who happens to love bugs and know just about everything there is to know about them. Then he receives a mysterious gift that enables him to turn himself into the bug of his choice -- spider, fly, grasshopper, you name it. Charlie soon learns the life of a bug can be lots of fun, and pretty terrifying -- like when his teacher's high-heeled shoes are aimed right at him. Kids will laugh themselves silly at his adventures, and learn something about bugs in the process