Ladybug Girl and the Bug Squad

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When Lulu invites her friends from the Bug Squad--all dressed up as insects--to come over for a play date, she wants everything to go just as she has planned.

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too trite submitted by camelsamba on June 28, 2013, 2:39pm My son and I adored both the original Ladybug Girl as well as Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Boy. This one, however, felt trite and preachy. Disappointing.

cheesy submitted by unknown on July 30, 2013, 2:00pm I am a huge fan of Ladybug Girl, the first three books are heartfelt, sincere, and entertaining. This book had a little too much sugary-goodness, "cheese" factor. Problems are solved in this book not by a character's understanding but by the author's reasoning that children are going to be reading this book and they should learn to be understanding. The behavior is modeled in the book that children should be apologetic when they've wronged a friend but it doesn't give a lot of reasons as to why. When Ladybug girl apologizes it's referred to as a difficult thing to do. Why is it difficult? Why should it be done even though it's hard? This and other happenings in the book are going to have to be discussed at a greater length than the previous books in order for the children reading, or being read to, to understand properly. The ending was equally as bad because the book told a story about Ladybug girl listening to those around her and their wishes. But what happens at the end of the book? The Bug Squad goes and invades Ladybug Girl's brother privacy despite his wishes to be left alone.

Bug Squad submitted by Alliemayzee on August 21, 2014, 6:43am Yes this is the cheesiest of Ladybug Girl stories, but my daughter still loves it!