Bug Blonsky and His Swamp Scout Survival Guide

by E.S. Redmond, E.S. Redmond (Illustrator)

Overview

Bug Blonsky is back, making mischief at camp, tracking Bigfoot, and entertaining readers with another madcap list: his “unofficial” Swamp Scout Survival guide.

In an uproarious follow-up to Bug Blonsky and His Very Long List of Dont's, Bug takes early chapter book readers along on a weekend Swamp Scout trip. At Camp Win-Kee-Noo, you can earn merit patches for “paying attention” and “following directions,” but not for any of the things Bug excels at—stuff like armpit farting and being wiggly. As a True Bigfoot Believer, the only patch Bugs wants on his Swamp Scout vest is the Curious Creature patch for spotting an odd or uncommon animal. Know-it-all Abner insists that if Bigfoot were real, he would be listed in the “Terrible Things to Avoid” section of their official Swamp Scout survival guide. Leave it to Bug to write his own guide, jam-packed with tips and tricks for making the most (mischief) out of camp . . . plus a few startling discoveries. Funny, irreverent, fast-paced, and packed with comic illustrations, Bug’s second outing will keep young readers in stiches (and possibly out of poison ivy).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781536206760
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	04/13/2021
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	6.75(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.55(d)
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

E. S. Redmond is the author-illustrator of the first book in the Bug Blonsky series as well as the picture books Felicity Floo Visits the Zoo, a Wanda Gág Read Aloud Book Award winner, and The Unruly Queen. She lives in Massachusetts.

Editorial Reviews

While he’s on a camping trip, Bug makes a list of “Terrible Things To Avoid,” which includes several of the other scouts along with “rubbery hot dogs,” “rabbit poop,” and “the outhouse.” Fans of bathroom humor will be very fond of this novel. . .Anyone who loved the first Bug Blonsky book, which was crammed with frogs and armpit farts, will find the same sort of jokes here, but they may also love the moments of sweetness.
—Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2021-03-02
Bug Blonsky isn’t known for his positive attitude.

While he’s on a camping trip, Bug makes a list of “Terrible Things To Avoid,” which includes several of the other scouts along with “rubbery hot dogs,” “rabbit poop,” and “the outhouse.” Fans of bathroom humor will be very fond of this novel. But Bug has one idealistic quality. He believes that Bigfoot “for sure is totally 100 percent real.” This does very little to improve his relationships with the other campers, who tend to say that Bigfoot doesn’t exist—or walk into the Bigfoot trap Bug has set outside the bunkhouse. But by the end of the story, some of those campers are nominating him for a Steadfast Scout patch for his faith and bravery. Anyone who loved the first Bug Blonsky book, which was crammed with frogs and armpit farts, will find the same sort of jokes here, but they may also love the moments of sweetness. There are surprisingly—shockingly—many. The style of illustration, however, is very much the same. The characters are essentially very elaborate stick figures, with one important difference: Their ears are drawn right near the bottoms of their faces, as in the old song “Do Your Ears Hang Low?” Many of the main characters are White, including Bug, but Bug’s best friend, Louie, is Black.

This novel has just enough farts that no one will accuse it of being mushy. (Fiction. 6-10)

Kirkus Reviews