Children's Fiction Insects, Spiders, Etc.
Six Little Sticks
- Publisher
- Greystone Books Ltd
- Initial publish date
- May 2025
- Category
- Insects, Spiders, etc., Counting & Numbers, General
- Recommended Age
- 0 to 4
- Recommended Grade
- p
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781778401237
- Publish Date
- May 2025
- List Price
- $23.95
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Description
This charming search and find picture book helps young kids practice counting and subtracting and is a fascinating introduction to the unique world of stick bugs!
Meet Mama stick bug and her six little sticks.
Mama’s going to teach them how to hide
so six little sticks stay safe outside.
But when Mama counts her little ones, she can find only five. When she tries again, there are just four. Each time Mama counts, one more stick bug is gone! It seems the six little sticks are already experts at hide-and-seek. Can you help Mama spot them?
Perfect for readers ages 0-6, Six Little Sticks features:
- Fascinating facts about stick bugs and other insects throughout the text
- An engaging introduction to counting and subtracting
This engaging search-and-find book for young children features playful text by Tiffany Stone and charming illustrations by Ruth Hengeveld. At the back of the book you’ll also find stick bug facts as well as a list of other insects to spot!
About the authors
Tiffany Stone is a children’s poet and the author of two collections of rhyming poetry: Floyd the Flamingo and his Flock of Friends and Baad Animals. She has had poems published in children’s magazines, including Chirp, and is a contributing poet to And the Crowd Goes Wild: A Global Gathering of Sports Poems. Her poetry picture book, Rainbow Shoes, was a finalist for the 2013 Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize. Tiffany lives in Maple Ridge, BC, with her husband and three children.
