More Bugs in Boxes by David A. Carter (Ages 4+)

More Bugs in Boxes by David A. Carter (Ages 4+)

Carter, David A. (1990). More Bugs in Boxes. New York: Simon Schuster Children’s Publishing Division.

Genre: Toy Picture/Color Book

This is a picture toy book that uses lots of colors to help students begin to understand the names of colors. On one page of the book it asks what is in the colored box to the right and then under the box (the toy part of the book) a pop up bug-type will appear and a description of that bug will be underneath the colored box.

The book not only uses color as a concept but also as well uses describing words, adjectives. One of the descriptions in the book is “a bunch of bouncing brown basketball bugs” So you can see that there is a lot of describing going on in the book as well as color.

Language Development- Students of ages 2-5 are curious about their world and how language represents the words and things around them. A good way to learn about that language is through picture and toy books that allow the students to explore and learn about their surroundings. This book can be used at a basic level but also includes words and descriptions that can be taken up many ages. The color concept is a good beginner concept but then you can move into describing words as a concept and ask students to describe different colored things throughout the classroom.

Cognitive Development- This book allows students to use the toy book aspect to construct meaning of how colors can help readers construct meaning. Students in this age range want to have the opportunity to learn and find the correct parts of a picture. Concepts are becoming more important at this age and children are increasing their ability to group and find characteristics. This book provides them with the concept of colors as well as several concepts with describing words and how you would describe each of the bugs on a page.

Concept Books- This book as basic concepts such as colors but also goes deeper and uses describing words as another concept.

Mini Lesson- This could be a introduction into an activity where students make there own bug in a box and on the inside use some detailed and descriptive words to share what is in their bug boxes.

Enjoyment- This book is geared towards beginning learners, but could also be used as high as 2^nd grade because of the detailed descriptions of the bugs. A really fun read!