Buz

Pretty darn cute, though I'm actually grossed out by the idea of accidentally eating a bug and having it float around near my eyeball. Besides all that, the illustrations were immensely entertaining, doing the biggest part of the storytelling job. Lots of closeups of chewed up food and eye innards, heh heh. Would be great for part of a storytime - maybe on bugs? Or being sick?

I, personally, am a little weirded out. But I'm sure this is fun for certain young children. It does read as if Egielski is still channeling Yorinks from all the work they did together.

I read the copy archived on openlibrary.org.

This is a silly book on "catching a bug." Very colorful and silly, making it easy to laugh about being sick and having to take pills to get better. This book could possibly help when a child is hesitant to taking medication recommended by a doctor. This book is an example of writing in order, meaning: first, then, last.

Summary: The story Buz is about a little bug who was accidentally swallowed by a child. He battles mashing molars, blinding lights, and pill police who are trying to destroy him! Finally Buz escapes, only to find out that he’s caught a germ. This is a cute book that can help students with perspective taking. This story takes the perspective of a little bug—something that most children would not think twice about. The story also ends in a way that promotes making predictions about what might happen next. Making predictions is a great comprehension strategy.
This story could be used as a mentor text for teaching students about perspective taking. The students could pick an animal, or inanimate object, and try to write in this new show more perspective. show less

Crazy fun. I first read this as an adult and the artwork and story made wondrous sense to me.

My 6 year-old son really enjoyed this book. It's an entertaining book for younger kids, probably up to around second grade.

One day Buz the bug got eaten along with some cornflakes. Buz found himself in a peculiar situation because he was in a child. The child went to the doctor and gave him some bills to get rid of the bug. Buz hid all over to hide from the pills until he finally escaped the boy’s body. When Buz returned home he went to the doctor and the doctor gave him pills because he caught a germ.