Snug as a Bug?

by Karl Newson, Alex Willmore (Illustrator)

Overview

Meet a bug who is as snug as a bug can be. Oh, but not for long! Along comes a knock on the door and suddenly he's off on a wild and risky adventure...

Bug is chased by creature after creature—he's clearly ever so tasty—through woodland, dark caves, and a mighty waterfall!

He barely escapes becoming someone's dinner and comes close to meeting all sorts of sticky ends, but he keeps insisting he is "snug as a bug"! Can he make it back home? As snug as a bug can be?

Snug as a Bug is a hilarious picture book romp from Karl Newson, with energetic and characterful illustrations from award-winning illustrator Alex Willmore which help the story leap of the page!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780711274860
Publisher:	Happy Yak
Publication date:	06/06/2023
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	10.10(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.45(d)
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Karl Newson is a best-selling, multi-award-winning children's book author. Author of the award winning picture book I Am a Tiger, the best-selling I Really Really Need a Wee and The Same But Different Too, plus many more! His stories have been translated in 29 languages around the world. Karl grew up in Norwich, England, and was inspired to write his first story when his children were small… he’s been writing stories ever since. He now lives in London, UK, in a wonky old house full of pot plants and books.Alex Willmore is an illustrator/designer whose passion lies in character design. Born in Northampton, England, Alex has been drawing characters since the moment he first picked up a pencil. A love of animals and picture books have inspired him and led to a career in illustration. Alex won the Federation of Children’s Book Groups Children’s Book Award 2020, and has been twice nominated for the Sheffield Children’s Book Award, as well as being long-listed for the Kate Greenaway Medal 2020.

Editorial Reviews

“charming and funny picture book.” —BookTrust

From the Publisher

2023-03-14
This bug makes the case for not answering the doorbell.

“I’m as snug as a bug in a rug, I am,” says a bug with pink spots. “There has never been a bug / in THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD / so happily snug as me!” When the doorbell rings after the bug has already retired for the night, they grumble but answer it anyway. From there, it’s one misadventure after another as a parade of different animals demand their dinner, aka the bug. Our protagonist periodically recites the “I’m as snug as a bug” verse that began the book, hilariously replacing the phrase “in the whole wide world” with their current terrifying situation: “IN A CAVE OF CERTAIN DEATH,” “IN A FOREST OF DOOM.” After narrowly escaping a flight on the back of a bird, a trip down a waterfall, and like perils, will the bug finally be digested in the stomach of a croc? Not likely. “I may be small… / but I’m mighty!” And when the doorbell rings again after this adventure? Well, the bug doesn’t have a choice—it’s mom come calling. The hapless bug will entertain readers as they ping-pong from one danger to the next with their fuzzy yellow slippers, bug eyes, antennae, and four arms (always in motion) expressing their every emotion while the predators leer hungrily. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

In this giggle-inducing tale, the Indiana Jones of bugs escapes to sleep another night, snug as a bug. (Picture book. 3-7)

Kirkus Reviews