A rollicking rhyme about a contest for bugs that nearly ends in disaster! Do you have six legs? Do you wiggle or crawl? Could YOU be the bugliest bug of them all? When damselfly Dilly hears about the Bugliest Bug contest, she goes along to see who will win. There are fireflies, ladybirds, stink bugs, click beetles, crickets...and some very suspicious-looking judges! Can Dilly alert her insect friends to the dangers she has spotted? Illustrated in a style and colour reminiscent of 1930s MGM cartoons and written in galloping verse, this rollicking tale will delight bug lovers - and haters - everywhere! * By the creators of the popular Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp and Martian Rock. * Nostalgic artwork reminiscent of a 1930s MGM cartoon by one of the USA's hottest children's book illustrators. * Funny and slick, this rhyming tale about a young damselfly who saves the day will delight bug lovers and haters alike!

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2003 by Walker Books Ltd .

Scott Nash is the illustrator of Oh, Tucker!; Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp; Martian Rock; and The Bugliest Bug. A co-founder of a design studio specializing in children's products and media, he divides his time between his home near Boston, USA and a cottage on an island in Maine, USA. Author of Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp and Baby's Got the Blues. This illustrator's vibrant illustrations can be seen in The Bugliest Bug and Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp (by Carol Diggory Shields).