LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
We get a snail’s eye view of the food chain in this brilliantly funny and informative cartoon-style examination of mini-beasts by the creator of the Super Happy Magic Forest books.
It’s a beautiful morning in the garden when Snail realises that something is eating bugs and decides to investigate. Who or what is treating bugs like a buffet? There are lots of suspects, from birds to a snake, to spiders, but none of them are completely to blame.
Snail learns lots but never does get justice, instead accepting that you can’t fight the food chain, just as well, given his location at the time…
Readers will learn and laugh in equal amounts, and a final page of ‘bugsplaining’ provides additional facts and a bug hunt activity page. As an introduction to the end-of-life cycle for bugs, this is unbeatable!
Andrea Reece
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Who Ate all the Bugs? Synopsis
Snail is on a mission. Bugs are being eaten all around her and she's determined to hunt down the culprit. But is it a lost cause? After all, as Glowworm explains, 'You can't fight the food chain'. Acclaimed picture book creator, Matty Long, brings his hallmark talents of deadpan comedy, witty commentary, and hilarious illustrations to elucidate the real life realities of invertebrate existence! In this fascinating and slightly disgusting series, readers can feast on a diet of facts about the animals, plants and ecosystems found in the natural world.
Packed with humour and perfect for fans of Super Happy Magic Forest. Filled with fantastic bug facts and a brilliant bug hunt activity at the end. Fun and bright cartoon-style illustrations bringing the bugs and the garden to life.
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9780192772633 |
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2nd February 2023 |
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Matty Long |
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Matty Long |
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Oxford University Press |
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Paperback |
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32 pages |
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Matty Long Press Reviews
‘Matty’s books make me super happy! They are funny, super inventive, and super silly.’ – Chris Riddell
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About Matty Long
Matty Long has a First Class Degree in Illustration from Southampton Solent University and a Master’s Degree in Children’s Book Illustration from Anglia Ruskin University (Cambridge School of Art). He graduated from Anglia Ruskin in 2011 and has since been working at a bookshop in his home town of Cambridge, developing picture-book ideas in his spare time.
Most of his work is drawn by hand and coloured on a computer, but this will likely change when the felt-tip 3000 is invented. His picture books include the Super Happy Magic Forest series, Who Ate All the Bugs?, Turbo Bunnies, and Salty Dogs.
His debut picture book Super Happy Magic Forest was voted best new picture book of 2015 by a voting panel of 12,000 children, and was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize.
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