Past dig · Sep 21 to 26

Bugs week

Six legs, eight legs and a lot of wiggling.

Grab your hard hat

Cartoon kid in a yellow hard hat and glasses carrying a pickaxe

How old is your reader?

Showing the week for elementary.

Monday

Theme book

Some Bugs

Angela DiTerlizzi

Bouncy rhymes and lots of bugs to spot. Take it outside and look under a rock.

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Tuesday

Theme book

The Bug Girl

Sophia Spencer

A real girl who loved bugs and found her people. Lovely for any kid who likes something others don't.

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Wednesday

Theme book

Spiders

Nic Bishop

The photographs are amazing, close up and sharp. Even spider skeptics lean in.

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Thursday

Theme book

A Butterfly Is Patient

Dianna Hutts Aston

Quiet and beautiful, with real facts tucked into the art.

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Friday

James and the Giant Peach

Roald Dahl

A chapter or two a night. The bugs are the best characters Dahl ever wrote.

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Saturday

Play day

Bug catcher kit

A magnifier, a little net and a jar with air holes. Catch, look, and let go.

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Craft of the week · for all ages

Egg carton caterpillars

1. Cut a row of cups from an egg carton. Six cups makes a good long caterpillar. 2. Paint it any color you like and let it dry. 3. Poke two pipe cleaner antennae into the front cup. 4. Add googly eyes and a smile. 5. Count the body sections together. Real caterpillars have thirteen!

Pipe cleaners: Amazon · Target
Googly eyes: Amazon · Target

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