Ten Little Ladybugs

Ten Little Ladybugs is consistently one of the boys' favorite books. Like many of our favorites, the book has a simple concept, counting down from ten ladybugs to one, with one ladybug disappearing at every page turn. (Holes in the pages allow all ten ladybugs to be viewed at the beginning.) At the end of the book, all the ladybugs are pictured together with their friends they went off with -- an assortment of animals and insects -- a duck, turtle, butterfly, etc. etc.

Why is Ten Little Ladybugs such a favorite? I love it for the colorful pictures -- the colors on each page are so pretty -- I have wished, if I had extra decorating money, to hire a painter to paint a child's room with some similar color blends and animals. My boys love it for the ladybugs, which are dimensional with plastic shells and attached to each page, and the holes they peek through -- sticking fingers in the holes during readings and playing peek a boo with fingers is a fun distraction while sitting together with this book.

I'm also impressed by the book's durability -- I'm pretty sure we bought this secondhand at a resale shop, and the boys have "read" it on their own a lot -- the binding has been bent in all kinds of ways and the pages battered but the ladybugs have held fast and the book still looks very good for all the abuse it has taken.



Ten Little Ladybugs