Tale of the Poisonous Yuck Bugs: Based on Proverbs 12:18

by Aaron Reynolds, Pete Whitehead

Sometimes thoughtless words just slip out...Children can understand God's plan for our spoken words when they see how a pair of name-callers almost learn their lesson the hard way.

Genres: Picture Books

Hardcover

First published November 27, 2009

About the author

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Aaron Reynolds is a New York Times Bestselling Author of many highly acclaimed books for kids, including Dude!, Creepy Carrots!, Creepy Pair of Underwear!, Nerdy Birdy, and tons more. He frequently visits schools and his highly participatory presentations are a blast for kids and teachers alike. He lives in the Chicago area with his wife, two kids, four cats, and between three and ten fish, depending on the day.

(source: Amazon)

Reviews

[Jennifer]

Good message, but honestly all of the yucky or yuck combination of words got old after a while.

[Mumzy]

I read this book with my eight year old, great shared reading. Excellent moral to the story. Teaches children, words can be beautiful...but they can also hurt. Fun book...educational too. Your child will not want to be a Yuck Bug.

[Katie Morris]

This book is about two "yuck bugs" who are constantly hurting each other with their "poisonous" words.
I would use this book in my classroom to discuss how to handle conflict positively and to be nice to others.

[Shai]

Loved this book! Kids of all ages will love this author he has a few books that are similar.

[Johanna]

We had to have the whole set of these they are so good.