Are You a Ladybug? Are You a Snail?

Are You a Ladybug? Are You a Snail?

Are You a Ladybug?
Are You a Snail?
Judy Allen and Tudor Humphries, Kingfisher

?Slowly, slowly, slowly, your color grows stronger. Your black dots appear. Congratulations! You?re a ladybug!? So reads this close look at the colorful, tiny beetle in one of the first of Kingfisher?s top-notch Backyard Books series. The snail also gets a close examination: ?You have a shell with a beautiful pattern on it. You have no legs and only one foot, but it is a strong foot.? Life from the perspective of these tiny critters is enhanced with imaginative illustrations to show pre-school children (and parents) how a young ladybug emerges from its larval skin, develops its familiar markings, and takes its first flight - and how the slime on a snail?s foot helps it slide along.

These two Backyard Books are just the beginning. Kingfisher plans to release Are You a Butterfly? and Are You a Spider? this fall. Watch for them. It?s discovery at its best.

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