Always a sight in red with black polka dots, Lulu, also known as Ladybug Girl, has been delighting young readers for the last three years in picture books and board books. Over on 5 Minutes for Books today, we’re happy to bring you a review of two of her recent picture book adventures, Ladybug Girl at the Beach and Ladybug Girl and the Bug Squad.
You can read Lauren’s review to get her impression of these two stories, and I’d like to add my own praise to hers. My two youngest children, aged 3 and 5, are huge fans of Ladybug Girl, and have been since we borrowed the first picture book from the library a couple years ago. You can see this character’s spirit from the cover images above, and I think that’s what is most appealing to young kids about these books. Lulu is a regular little kid, just like them, whose experiences mirror their own- whether it’s about a first trip to the beach, with its overwhelming size that can initially worry a small child, or it’s about figuring out how to be a good friend during a playdate. These gentle stories are realistic and reassuring for children, and it’s easy to love Lulu in every story.
For even more adventures, check out Ladybug Girl online. Try the Bug Squad Rock Painter game, or the “Ladybug Girl is Definitely not LITTLE game” for fun art and action games. For offline activities, print out one of the fifteen Ladybug Girl activity and color pages, and your kids can give Lulu their own look.
Giveaway time! Two lucky readers will win copies of Ladybug Girl at the Beach and Ladybug Girl and the Bug Squad, as well as Lulu herself in doll form! Please leave a comment here to be entered, open to U.S. and Canada residents. We’ll announce our winners here on 9/4.
The winner of the NIV Bible is #51 Kristin.
Dawn and her children share a love for books, and picture books line many, many shelves in their small home. They also get special attention on her blog, my thoughts exactly, each week in the series friday’s five.
I Love the book…. can not wait to read it to my class…. My granddaughter is going to love it too..
Ladybug Girl the whole series… Both selection would be fun for the kids!
Thank you for hosting this giveaway
Louis
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Oh FABULOUS GIVEAWAY, it would be perfect for our ladybug girl. We call her ladybug and have since she was born. This would be a great gift for her 3rd birthday in October
ncjeepster@aol.com
Love reading Lulu to my daughter
these look so cute – we love ladybugs!
my daughter would love this…thanks for the giveaway
stevesgurl26 at yahoo dot com
I’d like to win this for my niece
ryanac32 at yahoo dot com
I would love to add these books to my son’s book collection. I do love Ladybugs!
My son would love to win this to read to his younger female cousins. Makes him feel big!
My girls love books and we would love to have this one.
I love Ladybugs, and my nickname as a child was Lulu. Perfect match!!
my niece wouldlove this 🙂 it’s too cute!
These would be perfect for my little neighbor girl, she really loves books read to her.
Sounds like something my daughter would love!
My daughter would luv this, thanks!
My daughter would ADORE this.
I would love to give these books to a dear friend. She lost her daughter at 8 months of age, and ladybugs remind her of her sweet little girl. She now has two more little girls and I’m sure they would enjoy these for a long time.
I would love to win for my daughter!
What awesome books! I’d love to be entered!
What a great contest! I know my kindergarten students would love to read these books!
These are fabulous books! I have never seen Ladybug Girl before either! So cute. Thanks for this opportunity!
These books look precious. I’d love to win.
How adorable! I know some little ladybug girls that would love these books. Thanks for the chance.
My three little nieces would love this. I had not heard of Ladybug Girl until now.
wmmahaney(at)att(dot)net
ADORABLE!!!!! My son, yes my son, LOVES LADYBUG ‘pretty’ GIRL!!!!
*Thanks for the link to color pages & games! I did not realize there was a website! =)
Thanks for the giveaway! My daughter would love this1
tmc480 at yahoo dot com
These look like wonderful books! I’d love to share them with my little one.
I have not seen Ladybug girl until now, but would love to read these stories to my granddaughter!
Love these books! Please enter me.
We LOVE Ladybug girl books. Thanks, Maureen (jnomaxx at hotmail dot com)
Would love to win these books!
I really think these books are cute. Would love to be entered.
pbclark(at)netins(dot)net
I would love to win these for my niece
My daughter would love these!
Great books for kids. Love the illustrations.
I would love to have these books to read to my nieces. Then when my son is a little older he would like them too!
My girls love ladybugs. This looks like a great book to have.
These books look like so much fun to read. My granddaughters would love it and we all love ladybugs!
I was just looking for receommendations for young girl books. These look like they fit what I’m looking for. 🙂
These look so cute!
We love Ladybug Girl at our house! My two daughter’s request it often! We would be forever grateful to win these books & the plush Lulu doll! Thanks for the opportunity!
We have not read those books. My kids would love them!
My girls would love the books and the doll!!!
LadyBug Girl is a HUGE hit at our house!
My daughter would love these! Thanks for the chance!
These look like wonderful books that would be fun to read. Thanks.
partymix25(at)hotmail(dot)com
We have LadyBug girl and Bumble Bee Boy and my daughter loves it! She’d loves these two as well! 😉
Great giveaway… would love to win!
What a charming set of books for any little girl. I would love to win this set and the cute ladybug girl doll to go along with the books. Thanks!
I would love to win this for my daughter
My girls love this character
My granddaughter would love this. Thanks for the giveaway!
rjs682 at yahoo dot com
My son is still young but we read to him everyday. He would love this book I am sure.
Great kids books, and I love to read to them.
My girls adore lady bugs and would love this book. Thanks for the opportunity!
Books are always awesome for children, lady bugs are everybody’s favorite, and my nickname as a kid was Lulu. Sounds all perfect to me. I would love this book for my grandkids
this would be great!
I think my grand-daughter would love these books
shopannies@yahoo.com
I would love to win this for my DIL’s nieces.
lkish77123 at gmail dot com
Love these books! (and love Ramona!)
Yay! My daughter would love this!
Oh how very cute this would be for my granddaughter!
Aww, I’d love to be able to give these to my niece!
Ali is a HUGE fan of Ladybug girl!! This would be an awesome, awesome win for her!!
This is wonderful,my 4 yr old twins already LOVE Lulu! We have been waiting to get the beach one,and I know my daughter would LOVE the doll of Lulu! Her twin brother & she are always fighting over which pages to they should be looking at,finding the bugsquad is just the ticket.They even fight off their older twin brothers for these books,but all can be on the bug squad!We’d sure enjoy being the winners,but best of luck to everyone.Thanks for this offer.
My kids loooove Ladybug Girl – I’d love to win this for them!
My four year old would love these! She is such a fan of books in general, and these look adorable!
my daughter would love this!
So cute!!!!!
I’d love to win this for my niece. She would love it!
Wonderful giveaway, my kids would love these books, thanks!
great prize! I know the perfect little girl!
My daughter would love these books! Thank you for the chance to win! 🙂
We actually have two Ladybug Girl books already…and love them. These are two titles we do not have but want! Both my son and daughter love them!
My daughter would love having a Lulu doll of her own! Thanks for the chance to win one.
This is so cute! I’m always looking for new things that I can read to my daughter 🙂
Sound like delightful books. Please enter my name. Thanks.
We’re big fans of Ladybug girl and Lulu – all the stories are great!
Oh! Ladybug Girl is always a big hit at our fall book fair. We’re a preschool so it fits right in with the reading and listening age group. Very cool!
iwriteinbooks at gmail dot com
My daughter would absolutely loves these books! Thanks so much for the giveaway!
Margaret
singitm(at)hotmail(dot)com