The fascinating book Face Bug won the Texas Bluebonnet award and gave people a different perspective on how to view insects. This story explains the opening of the Face Bug Museum and each insect is provided with a detailed, up-close headshot, which helps the reader see what the insect actually looks like. The unique part of this book is that it is filled with poetry with each picture. This would be extremely beneficial in the classroom because Lewis provides so many different aspects in one book. His beautifully detailed photographs and the unexpected, but fluid poetry will give the students another way of not only viewing insects, but are also introduced to a new style of writing. Poems, photographs and illustrations - variety for every learner! U.S. Children's Poet Laureate (2011), J. Patrick Lewis, obviously finds humor in close-close-ups of bugs and in some of their funnier characteristics ("I love you Mr. Dobsonfly. Why? Because of those bucktooth incisors - your hypnotizers"). The photos are captivating, the poems target what children would find interesting and funny about insects, and the illustrations tie everything together. A research bonus includes an academic summary of each honored insect, credibly reviewed by the chairman of the Entomology Department at the University of Florida.
What do You think about Face Bug (2013)?
Photography and illustrations accompany humorous and informational poems about unusual insects.
—SHS
The illustrations kind of aggravated me. Teh poems were great. I liked the pictures too.
—Acj198
Interesting, but will be a difficult read for many students.
—tess
Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominee 2014-2015
—Smoken_64
