The 12 Bugs of Christmas!
David Carter

Little Simon
2011 / ISBN 9781442426498
Picture, pop-up book, holidays (all ages)
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Reviewed by Bob Walch

If you have enjoyed the series of bug pop-up books created by David Carter, you’ll definitely want to get a copy of this reworking of the traditional holiday song, “The Twelve Days of Christmas”.

“On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me…” Flip open the gaily wrapped box on the accompanying page, and you see a fruitcake bug in a pear tree!

And so it goes. Cuckoo bugs, sneaky bugs, snowflake bugs, and so forth. It is when you get to the final days that you’ll see if Carter is up to the challenge. Of course, he is! On the eleventh day you’ll find eleven dainty bugs a-dancing and on day twelve up will pop a tree with a dozen angel bugs a-rising!

Whether you collect pop-up books because you love their intricate paper engineering or just like unusual holiday books, this is certainly a little volume you’ll want to buy and share with friends and family.