A Bug Called Doug - by Chris Collin (Paperback)

About the Book

When friends Drew and Mikey find a creature under the bed, pandemonium erupts! This beautiful rhyming picture book by award-winning Australian author Chris Collin, teaches us all a gentle message about preconceived ideas. Comes with free download story to musical score, and a song, performed by the author. Long-listed 2015-16 ISLN Red Dot Awards

Book Synopsis

It's Drew's eighth birthday and his best mate Mikey is sleeping over.

The boys are having the best day ever!

There are new toys to play with,

Yummy birthday food to eat,

Birthday games to share,

A hideous monster under the bed...

Did someone say monster?!

Discovering something under the bed, causes instant panic in the two boys.

When Mum and sister Daisy get in on the act, pandemonium erupts!

Chris Collin and Megan Kitchin (author and illustrator of the wild and whacky Funky Chicken: A Bushy Tale of Crocs and Chooks) have teamed up again to bring you this delightfully Australian romp of a story that teaches us all a gentle lesson about preconceived ideas.

This title comes with a QR coded link on the cover where you can download for FREE, audio and video files of the full story and bonus song, performed by the author, to an amazing musical composition created especially for this book.

A Bug Called Doug was long-listed in the 2015-16 ISLN (International School Libraries Network, Singapore Red Dot Awards. This book is also in the Queensland (Australia) Premier's Reading Challenge book list.

Review Quotes

This is another beautifully presented book, carefully designed to engage, interest and educate children about Australian wildlife. It makes children aware of protecting all living things, and helps them understand how things are seldom how they first appear. It is the way that the author calls attention to Australia's native wildlife - in this instance, the Giant Burrowing Cockroach (something to admire not cringe at), that makes Chris Collin's books special.

(Anastasia Gonis, 'Kids Book Review')