The Bug in the Jug Wants a Hug: A Short Vowel Sounds Book

Sounds Like Reading ®

by Brian P. Cleary, Jason Miskimins (Illustrator)

Come along with me and learn all about reading! Brian P. Cleary's wacky sentences and Jason Miskimins's colorful art will make phonics fun! Find activities, games, and more at www.brianpcleary.com.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Poetry, Nonfiction

32 pages, Library Binding

First published April 1, 2008

Reviews

[Lorellie · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent early reader. Delighted to find it at the library.

[Lori · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun phonetic romp.

[Sinem Gülen · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interactive and fun activity book

[KT · Rating 5 out of 5]

i really resonated with the bug

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish there were 10 more books just like this. A cute introduction to several rhyming word families with clear pictures and word labeling to teach word recognition as well as phonics. And the illustrations are very colorful and appealing, making it very interesting, even to a pre-reader.

[Bridget Burke]

The Bug in the Jug Wants a Hug written by Brian P. Cleary is a book that explores many short vowel sounds for children to learn. This story incorporates eccentric sentences that can assist children in their attention and focus in regards to cognitive skills. This book teaches word recognition and is beneficial for practicing vowel sounds. Along with strengthening phonetic skills, it will further strengthen language skills by introducing new words with short vowels. The rhyming in the story can assist in identifying and connecting words that look and/or sound the same or similar. If a child who I am working with is challenged by short vowel sounds, this would be a helpful tool to share with them to help grow their speech and language skills.

[Jamie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun book that was easy for my learning reader to catch on. Most of the words on each page rhyme. The title is featured on a page, but it goes through all the short vowels. There are pictures for 3 of the words that rhyme, but sometimes there's a 4th word. With the picture help, my son was able to get the featured words. I had him read those, and then we would read the sentence in turns.
Me: The
Him: bug
Me: in the
Him: Jug
Me: wants a
Him: Hug
And if there was a 4th word without a picture I would help him sound it out. We will definitely be checking more out from the library. Some of the pages were funny, others were cute. Lots of pages and examples.

[Annah Neumire · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is great for beginning readers! The text is decodable, which means that if children know the letter sounds, they should be able to figure out the text in this book. It does include some sight words as well! I think kindergarteners would have so much fun reading this book! It acts as an introduction to rhyming words and poems. This would go great with a lesson on rhyming words!

The illustrations are very vivid and promote meaning behind the words. Because of this, even if a child cannot sound out a word they can most likely figure it out from the pictures. If I ever teach kindergarten, I would definitely show my class this book!

[Kayla · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book does not have a strong story line but it is still a very fun book to read. It really focuses on the short vowel sounds within different words and makes sure to make it a point throughout the book which words were being focused on. In addition to this the illustrations were very good and even though this book did not really have a story line I still believe that students will have a really fun time reading this.

[Gina · Rating 2 out of 5]

While this might teach sounds, it didn't overwhelm me. Sentences were odd. I wonder about audience.

Also, as a child (and for me now) I would worry about the rat being suffocated by the cat and also about the bug being claustrophobic. I was sensitive as a child and I still am even if the intention was humor. I would logically understand, but still take things seriously.

[Mai · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great Read for teaching some phonetics sounds for Kids :)

[Jennifer Parker · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was more fun to add to how each person or thing had that situation. It is also good for rhyming.

[Athena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very easy to read. Rhyming words are simple & associated w/ pictures on the side as well as in illustrated in the story. Very good beginners' book.

[Aramis · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful rhyming book. A simple beginners book. It helps identify the same sounding words (rhyming) and teaches how to identify short vowel sounds (as it says on the book).
on the left side of the book it has three pictures and under them has a work that identifies it. On the right page it had a picture and a sentence with the words on the left page. then after you read the sentence there is a question the child has to answer.

[Kate Puleo Unger · Rating 4 out of 5]

My son and I read this book many times. It was so cute. And silly. My son loves rhyming words, as all early readers do, I think. This book created long sentences of rhyming words using various short vowel sounds. And then the illustrations brought them to life. It was just plain fun.

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[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was just as good as the flip-a-word books for earliest readers. There are 3, 4 or 5 rhyming words on each pair of pages, so there are several word "families" in this book. Another great way to instill a love of reading, through pride of accomplishment, I think.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun and colorful phonics primer that encourages children to read with silly rhyming narrative. Each page focuses on one sound with a bunch of different three-letter words depicted. Our girls thought the illustrations were funny and enjoyed reading this story aloud to me.

[Donna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Word families with short vowel sounds. Very colorful and silly. Kids will enjoy this one.

[Dianne Norberg · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fun way to show word families for kids. It is good to use with a small group of kids that are challenged by phonics skills.

[Kimberly · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love these book series. They say what purpose to use them for and more activities on the author's website.

[Rosemary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very lively rhymes and illustrations.

[Cheryl · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book's art was lovely. The rest was beyond eh.

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