The Very Lazy Ladybug April 18, 2010

The Very Lazy Ladybug by Isolbel Finn & Jack Tickle

This book is perfect for preschool/kinder storytimes. The ladybug in this story is so lazy, she doesn’t even know how to fly. One day decides she wants to sleep somewhere else, but how will she get there? She comes up with a clever idea – hitchhiking on animals that go by. Unfortunately each animal poses a problem. She can’t sleep because the lions roars loudly and the monkey swings all day long, etc. When she lands on an elephant’s trunk, she thinks she’s found the perfect solution until the elephant sneezes which sends her flying and she learns to fly at last. The last page of the book folds out to show the long elephant trunk.

This is one of my new favorite books. The pictures are big and bright and are a great accompaniment to the whimsical storyline. I paired this with Ladybug on the Move by Richard Fowler and a fun activity with a ladybug spot counting song. “Ladybug see what we can do. We can count the spots on you.” I laminated different ladybug images – photos of real ladybugs, felt ladybugs, clip art, a brick ladybug, even a photo of a ladybug computer mouse – and the class counted the spots. Fun!

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