Displaying 1 of 1 2019 Format: Book Author: Best, Cari, author. Title: Bug off! : a story of fireflies and friendship / Cari Best ; pictures by Jennifer Plecas. Edition: First edition. Publisher, Date: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2019. Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm Summary: Maude hopes her newfound knowledge of fireflies will win her a spot in the neighborhood Bug-of-the-Month Club, but Louise, the club's hard-to-please leader, will not let her join. Notes: Includes a list of books and online resources for learning more about fireflies. Subjects: Clubs -- Juvenile fiction. Fireflies -- Juvenile fiction. Human behavior -- Juvenile fiction. Other Author: Plecas, Jennifer, illustrator. LCCN: 2018039567 ISBN: 9780374380625 Current Holds: 0 System Availability:2 (of 4) Place Request Expand All | Collapse All Where Is It? Large Cover Image Trade Reviews Kirkus ReviewLessons about friendship and inclusion complement lessons about insects and bugs when Maude tries to join Louise's Bug-of-the-Month Club.Maude is new to country life, and she is fascinated and delighted to see her first lightning bugs. "They sparkle like little firecrackers," she says, "but without all the noise." Maude is undaunted when she learns that the first step to auditioning for neighbor Louise's club is to prepare a speech about a bug. She happily researches fireflies at the library and presents a well-researched speech to Louise and the other club members. From the start, only Louise acts cool toward Maude. That coolness evolves into hostility when Louise insists that the other members list all the reasons that fireflies are not technically bugsand then summarily releases Maude's 11 coddled fireflies. Sweet-natured Maude channels her anger at Louise into an inspired campaign to protect fireflies, and by the end of the story, even Louise has become an ardent champion of the cause. This is more an illustrated story than a picture book, with a text chock full of fascinating facts about fireflies and how to help them. The cartoonlike children exhibit various skin tones, hair types, and eye shapes, and they are set against uncluttered, pleasant outdoor backgrounds; Maude has beige skin and extremely curly brown hair while Louise's skin is pale and her blonde hair is straight.Both text and art evoke the best of Charles M. Schulz's "Peanuts," with a 21st-century, environmentalist twist. (Picture book. 5-9) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission. Summary A young girl learns what it really means to sparkle in this charming picture book about the challenges and joys of making new friends. Lightning-bug-loving Maude wants to be a member of the Bug-of-the-Month Club in her new neighborhood, and decides that her entrance speech will be about fireflies. She reads, she researches, she prepares, and she delivers a speech that all the club members love--except for hard-to-please Louise. Louise won't even let Maude in the club! So Maude vows to really let Louise have it for being so rude. But when she does, it's not in the way anyone expects. Featuring wonderful illustrations by Jennifer Plecas, Cari Best's Bug Off! is a sparkly story about friendship, kindness, and inclusion--packed with info about fireflies, too! Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
