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Another great, colorful storybook by this author. This one provides a simple, childlike view into the life and growth of a ladybug. Loved the illustrations.

This is a simple, yet wonderful preschool story about ladybugs. It’s comes out just in time for spring and gardening themes for preschool programs. I would love to read this title to my preschoolers especially when we find a ladybug on the playground! The artwork is very bright and colorful, I think every preschooler would have one with this story!
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Lovely little book with bright cheerful illustrations that draw the young reader in. Covers the life of a ladybug (or ladybird to those British ) and is a great introduction to the natural world


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Ladybug is a charming little book for small children. The colorful pictures have a lovely retro touch, depicting the life and work of ladybugs with two or three sentences per spread. The language used is child friendly and easily understood. Although it is a book for younger children, first readers might enjoy it too. A great book to teach children about nature!

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This is an absolutely charming book all about the ladybug.

It covers their food and their life cycle in easy to understand language and beautiful, simple illustrations.

Children will love the pictures and will learn a little about everyone’s favourite bug.


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A cute and simple illustration of the little red bugs we all love. A great book to read with your toddler while they look and point at the pictures. The artwork is cute and colourful and all the little creatures are fun to look at.

This simple, sweet board book is a perfect introduction to the ladybug for toddlers and pre-schoolers. The illustrations are large, vibrant and informative. It highlights the ladybug's life cycle, its importance in the garden as it dines on aphids, how it camouflages itself in time of danger, and where it lays its eggs.

It is a wonderful way to get wee ones interested in nature and aware of the marvels around them. It is an interactive book with a lift-the-flap addition that kids will surely love. Every page brings a new opportunity for questions and conversations as the book is shared together.

I am a huge fan of getting kids outdoors and teaching them to become nature detectives. I highly recommend this book and the whole "Tales From Nature" series.

Tales From Nature: Ladybug by Magali Attiogbé is a cute first look at ladybugs for toddlers. The description states that it is a lid -the-flap book because I received a digital copy to review, I was unable to see what is under the flap. However, experience has shown me that young children love finding these types of hidden pictures.

The text is simple but gives a first look at ladybugs. The book covers their life cycle, which was interesting. Also tells how they help in the garden. Not a lot of details on any one aspect of their lives. Perfectly aimed at a young thinker to begin to understand the world around them. The illustrations are cute but no actual photos of ladybugs at the end. At least not in the digital copy.

I read several books along with this one to a four-year-old and a two-year old. Both said that this was their favorite of the day. The author chose a favorite to share with the young in this book.

A lovely little book, my 3 year old enjoyed it however I think it is aimed at younger children than 3.. I would like to see if there is a whole series which would be a great gift.

This is the life cycle of a lady bug. We get to find out about their favorite food, aphids, and how they lay their eggs. Very simply told, and very short and sweet.

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A good introduction to the lifecycle of insets. The pictures are bright and cute.

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Another beautiful addition to the Tales From Nature series. This addition looks and the life cycle of the ladybug along with how she helps keep plants safe from other insects.

An exceedingly short book, concerning the life cycle of a ladybird – even if it uses the American bastardisation of the name. It's really abrupt, with only a few words per spread, which might be to its detriment, in that it concentrates on just eating and procreation – nothing about the animals' ideal environment etc gets a look in. But I am all for books that tell me something I didn't know, and this, with its illustration of ladyBIRD larvae shows they're also orangey-red and spotted, which I would never have known. It's not the most salient lesson I've ever read in a book, but this junior nature title can't really be sniffed at.

Tales from Nature: Ladybird or Ladybug for my NA friends.
Another vivid and engaging story gets us outside with our young folk enjoying the countryside and our gardens. Now we're looking at 12 o'clock high as out of the sun dives a red and black spotted winged creature aiming for aphid held territory.
Simple introduction into the lifecycle of this delightful creature; the gardener's friend!
Good interaction and within and on every page lots to chat about with your toddler chum, from counting the spots to guessing the best leaf to lay one's eggs.
Loved the fact that the aphids looked liked "space invaders" - sort of got carried away with them I think. Still keep these tales coming, Nature is big enough and there is a wide, wild out there to go.

Tales from Nature: Ladybug by Magali Attiogbe is an attractive and easy to handle book for toddlers and preschoolers. The simple text and brilliantly coloured pictures show and tell the life cycle of the ladybug.

Special thanks to Magali Attiogbe, Quarto Publishing Group, and NetGalley for a digital copy of this delightful book.

Posted on Goodreads March 27, 2019

Tales From Nature: Ladybug progresses at a much more comfortable pace than its bee counterpart, making this an enjoyable tale that really educates little ones on the different stages of a ladybird's existence. From munching on tasty aphids to laying eggs, larvae to ladybird, every step of the process is covered in a simple and memorable way.

My only complaint is that the UK edition appears to switch the title to ladybird but the instances of ladybug used throughout aren't adjusted, but this might only be an issue with my NetGalley copy so I'm not marking the book down for it.

I received this arc from Netgalley for an honest review. This book about butterflies is a quick read with some basic information about butterflies. Good for elementary aged kids.

Great eye catching illustrations! I enjoyed reading it to my 2 year old. The science is accurate and having a book that is good for kids as well as factual is always appreciated.

A sweet, simple book with nice illustrations about bees that would be a perfect introduction for young kids around 2-3.

This short colourful book introduces little readers to the appearance, food habits and lifecycle of a ladybird. The text is simple and accessible to very young children, but the real strength of the book is the artwork. It is sweet, child friendly and creates a warm positive feeling with its bright bold colours and smiley creatures.
It would make a great addition to a family or pre-school library.
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Ladybug not actually a bug but a beetle. The difference between the two is that bugs suck. No really, they have mouthparts that function like a straw whereas beetles can chew. They're all insects. It's not a bird either, just FYI! The book title in Net Galley was Ladybug, but on the book cover it's Ladybird, as the British call these beetles.

Other than that minor confusion, the fact that the title on spine was still in original French (where the series is evidently called My Little Nature), and which also contains author's name, Magali Attiogbé (which isn't visible on front cover), and the fact that on page 4 the bug was missing her entire body and was reduced to being a hungry head only, the book was informative, colorful and interesting. I am sure lots of kids would enjoy having this read to them. Hopefully these issues will be fixed before the final print version comes out, and on that basis I commend it as a worthy read.

This colourful and delightful, little book introduces very young readers to the life-cycle, appearance and eating of a ladybird. The text is straight-forward and easy to understand for small ones and it is nicely complemented by modern, strong artwork. It is sweet, pleasing and positively told with its bright and eye-catching colours and smiling, happy creatures. This book would be a great addition to a family library.

{Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group for the free ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.}

Quarto Publishing Group and NetGalley provided me with an electronic copy of Tales From Nature: Ladybug. I was under no obligation to review this book and my opinion is freely given.

Author Magali Attiogbé takes young readers through the essence of what it means to be a ladybug. With mainly broad strokes, the life of a ladybug becomes real to children. From the dangers to their essential role in gardens, ladybugs are explained in a way that youngsters will understand.

The illustrations are bright and colorful, which will draw the eye and attention of young children. Tales From Nature: Ladybug is a great starting point for parents and caregivers to foster an interest in nature for young children. For these reasons, I would recommend Tales From Nature: Ladybug, as well as the other book in the series Tales From Nature: Bee.

3.5★
“Gardeners love me! I eat the tasty aphids that damage their plants.”

True! Yes ladybugs, ladybirds, whatever you call them, are welcome visitors on farms. This book sticks to a very simple version of a six-spotted ladybug who eats the pests (aphids), lays eggs which hatch, become larvae, and then transform into – you guessed it – more ladybugs!

I have an issue with this. I grew up “knowing” that orangey ladybugs with lots of spots were “bad” ones, so I had a quick google to find out what urban myth I'd been sold. I found NO six-spotted ladybugs but several references to “common” seven-spotted varieties. In fact, the photos of those with seven spots look just like these, except there is a single large spot just behind the head with half of the dot on each side of the body.

Further googling revealed the many variations, with the many-spotted ones apt to come into the house and be very smelly.

I also saw a reference to an old saying that a season with ladybugs with more than seven spots means famine, while ladybugs with fewer than seven mean a bumper crop. Sounds like the origin of whatever I was told. It also makes me wonder why I didn't happen to run across any pictures of six-spotted ones, but I don't pretend to have extensive research!

But that’s not part of this book for toddlers. It’s cute but not particularly entertaining or informative. Still, it’s worth sharing some of the illustrations here to show how little kids will probably like counting spots and aphids and finding other little creatures.

Harking back to my childhood [I digress again], I find it hard to believe there's nothing about the little poem which I've heard variations of: Ladybug, ladybug, fly away home. Your house is on fire, your children are gone (or will burn). Here are the many versions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladybird_Ladybird

Thanks to Quarto Publishing for the preview of #TalesFromNatureLadybug via #NetGalley.

These are the captions of the illustrations shown in my Goodreads review:
1. Six-spotted ladybug

2. Gardeners love ladybugs!

3. Where’s the best place to lay eggs?

4. Plenty of “food” here for when the eggs hatch

5. Larvae begin to change.

6. Lots of new little ladybugs!

Cute drawings but I think the text was not as fun or as sleek as expected for such young readers. I think the drawings were nice and my son quite like to look at them but as I read a few pages he was restless as the text didn't quite capture his attention.

Good read. Interesting and entertaining characters and good story flow. Has something for everyone! Great illustrations. Kids will enjoy this book! Would recommend.

This short colourful book introduces toddlers to Ladybugs. It shares the appearance, food habits, life cycle and more. The text is simple and easy to understand for very young children, but the thing that attracted my granddaughter to this book was the illustrations. We read the words, but then talked about what we saw in the artwork. It was bright, with vibrant colours and child friendly pictures. A nice non-fiction book for young children.

This is the second book I have read in the Tales From Nature series and I thought this was much better than the first!
The book has some lovely images and it takes you though the lifecycle of a ladybird and is a great introduction to young children about what a ladybird is and it's role in nature
It is 4 stars from me for this one, highly recommended and my daughter loved the images!!

My grandkids 4 & 6 loved reading this book. Although they have seen many and knew lots about ladybug’s this was more informative. The illustrations were bright and colorful. I know we will see this in the please read this group of books.

Ehh. A very simplified version of the day in the life of a ladybug. It would be good for the youngest listeners, but is to simple for older listeners.

This is a cheerful way of introducing young children to nature in the garden. A ladybird is shown going about her life and laying eggs, the lifecycle goes through a lot of aphids to help the gardener. On one page I noted the ladybird's body is missing, but that will probably be corrected by the time the book goes to print as I read an ARC.
The book is short and I would have liked it to be a little less simple, as I think kids will quickly grow out of the book, but the art is bright and friendly and small kids will enjoy turning the pages.

I downloaded an ARC from Net Galley. This is an unbiased review.

This bright book shows the basics of a ladybugs life for the youngest insect enthusiasts. The digital illustrations are clear and attractive. The story is simple and will work well for toddler times and young readers. Quick, simple, fun.