Customer Reviews

Grouchy Ladybug

5 star:		(16)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

This is a great book and the repetition is great for a emerging young reader. My 3 year old can "read" this book to himself and his baby sister because he can anticipate what will happen when he turns the page. He has language delays due to hearing problems when he repeated ear infections and these repetitious books that Eric Carle has done have been wonderful with slowly introducing him to language.

After reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar to my son enough times to have it memorized, I bought this book thinking that it would be a nice change, and expecting The Grouchy Ladybug to have a moral somewhere along the lines of Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (if you haven't read that to your kids, get it). I found The Grouchy Ladybug to be repetative to the point of parental abuse. Eric Carle has good children's books, but this one was definitely not my favorite. The only thing my son has learned from it is "Hey, You, Wanna Fight?" It was okay to read once or twice, but the next garage sale, it's going to mysteriously vanish. I would suggest The Very Hungry Caterpillar instead, if you don't have it.

Eric Carle has done better. Read the "Very Quiet Cricket". This book is extremely repetitive and isn't really even a story so much as an excuse for the mediocre illustrations and a kind of irritating gimmick of having differently sized pages. These pages are have for my son to turn also.

I love reading real children's stories to my kids, and I don't mind some repetition (e.g., "Guess how much I love you" and "Are you my Mother?" are great...) But the ladybug keeps saying the same thing over and over and over. Yeah, I've hid the book from my kids and they don't miss it.

This book tells the story of a grouchy ladybug who didn't want to share the juicy aphids that he found on a leaf with anyone else. He decides to fight over the aphids with another ladybug, but then determines that she is too small, so he goes off in search of a more worthy opponent. As each hour passes, he encounters another creature, larger and more fearsome than the last, and he dismisses each one in turn until, tired and hungry, he ends up back at the leaf again to share the last of the aphids with the friendly ladybug. The book is not very scary, and animal lovers will get a kick out of it, since it includes so many different creatures. There is a focus on simple time telling in the book. The book contains about 800 words.

I enjoyed reading the Hungary Catapiller to my nephews and niece, so I was excited when I saw the Grouchy Ladybug. I think it's a great book for older children, b/c it shows children how if you're mean and start fights, no one will want to play with you. The other reason I really enjoyed this book is because it helps to teach kids about telling time. The whole book is cute. The art work is amazing and the kids like the bright colors. All in all, I think it's a great book for kids and parents to either read aloud or just look at the pictures.

I love this book, Some critics say this book teaches children to fight and be grouchy for no reason, but it does have a good moral to it. Reading is for entertainment, not to live by. Eric Carle is trying to build that interest to read and this book does a good job of it. Also, coming from a teacher, this is a good book to read when introducing time, and there are several activities you can find online to go along with it.

My children have enjoyed most of Eric Carle's books. However, the only thing my 5-year-old took away from this book was the words, "Hey, you! Wanna fight?" This phrase is repeated throughout the story. Older children may be able to understand the lesson learned at the end, but I really can not recommend this book.

I rate this bookony a one. It does not teach children anyhting good at all. If it teaches them anything it would be how to be mean and how to fight. That is all the little old lady bug does in this story. It is not good for children at all.
I think this book is not good at all.

This book is about a grouchy ladybug that doesn't want to share a leaf with another friendly ladybug, so he flies off trying to find some other animal to fight with for no reason. I picked two stars because I think this book teaches kids how to fight when they don't get something all to themselves with out sharing. I think that children's books should teach about sharing your things with others even if they like it a lot. I think that this book shouldn't be for younger children under age five. So six years old and up should read this because they will understand that you shouldn't fight and they should realize that this is just a story and that they shouldn't start fights.
This book seems like boys would enjoy it more because they are more interested in fighting and the grouchy ladybug tries to be big and bad by fighting. I don't think girls would like it as much because they are more into sharing and being nice.

I picked two stars for many reasons. This book is not good for little children, because in the story the character is, a fighter, and does not share. Children's book should be opposite of that, they should be teaching children to share and to respect and not to fight with others. I think that this book is for children 5 or 6 and up because they should know that they should not be fighters, mean, and to share.
This book is mostly for boys, because boys are more interested in fighting and not being nice and not sharing. And this story is I like to say aggressive. It's not really for girls. Girls are more in to like nice sharing and not fighting stories.
That is what I have to say about The Grouchy Lady Bug.