BOING! A Bouncy Book of Bugs

Author: James Carter

Poetry (Children's / Teenage)

Published on 5 March 2026 by Otter-Barry Books in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 32 pages, 1 Illustrations, colour
275 x 240 | 0g

Hop, leap or bounce into Boing! for bug and mini-beast poetry fun and fascinating facts.

Find beautiful butterflies, ladybirds and dragonflies. Marvel at worker bugs, from tiny ants and busy bees to leaping grasshoppers and fleas. Discover mini-beast heroes – dung beetles, millipedes, spiders – and those amazing ‘pigs in space’, the tardigrades! With 24 poems, including shape poems, riddles, rhyming poems and free verse, plus amazing and informative facts about each bug or minibeast on every page, the world of insects is brought buzzing to life, matched by Neal Layton’s witty colour illustrations.