Bibliograph

The bug girl, (a true story), by the Bug Girl herself, Sophia Spencer with Margaret McNamara ; illustrated by Kerascoët

Type

Label

The bug girl, (a true story), by the Bug Girl herself, Sophia Spencer with Margaret McNamara ; illustrated by Kerascoët

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Age 4-8

resource.interestGradeLevel

K to Grade 3

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The bug girl

Responsibility statement

by the Bug Girl herself, Sophia Spencer with Margaret McNamara ; illustrated by Kerascoët

Sub title

(a true story)

Summary

Sophia Spencer has loved bugs ever since a butterfly landed on her shoulder--and wouldn't leave!--at a butterfly conservancy when she was only two-and-a-half years old. In preschool and kindergarten, Sophia was thrilled to share what she knew about grasshoppers (her very favorite insects), as well as ants and fireflies . . . but by first grade, not everyone shared her enthusiasm. Some students bullied her, and Sophia stopped talking about bugs altogether. When Sophia's mother wrote to an entomological society looking for a bug scientist to be a pen pal for her daughter, she and Sophie were overwhelmed by the enthusiastic response--letters, photos and videos came flooding in. Using the hashtag BugsR4Girls, scientists tweeted hundreds of times to tell Sophia to keep up her interest in bugs--and it worked!

Target audience

juvenile

Classification