Barely anyone likes slugs, but most people love octopuses.
How does that work? Octopuses and slugs are both mollusks, so they’re both strange, slimy creatures. Of course, slugs eat our gardens, while octopuses lurk in the mysterious depths out at sea.
Both are invertebrates as well, along with worms, spiders, ants, crickets, cockroaches, snails, and of course, ladybugs.
That’s a lot of different types of invertebrates! The list above doesn’t even include marine invertebrates like jellyfish, sea stars, sponges, coral, squid, sand dollars, clams, or lobsters!
I’ve been working on a coloring/activity book right now that’s focused entirely on marine invertebrates. So, I thought it would be fun to share a list of children’s books featuring creepy-crawlies marine and terrestrial.
Most of these are from other Indie authors, by the way!
Nonfiction Picture Books:
Do Bugs Wear Shoes, by Addie Broussard.
What Makes a Bug a Bug?, by Andi Cann.
Bees Like Flower, by Rebecca Bielawski
Loretta’s Caterpillar, by Lois Wickstrom
Can a Spider Be Fluffy?, by Audrey Sauble
Fiction Picture Books:
Pilot Ray, by Jana Broecker.
Firenze’s Light, by Jessica Collaco.
It’s Not Easy Being a Lazy Bug, by Pragya Tomar
Jimmy the Jittery Jitterbug, by Sonica Ellis
Little Bug and the Noisy New Neighbors, by Melanie Hawkins.
Spider the Celebrity, by SD Burke
My Little Ladybug Friend, by Toby Williams.
The Slug Prince, by Martin Dale
Lily the Limpet Gets Lost, by Emma Rosen
Save the Ocean, by Bethany Stahl
Bad Caterpillar, by Suvi Chisholm
The Purple Grasshopper by Hannah Qizilbash
Are They Really Scary, by Julia Inserro
Oh, and if you are especially interested in slugs, snails, crabs, and other creepy-crawly things? Be sure to check out my new activity book, Shrimp, Shrimp, Cuttlefish!
You can print a sample coloring page here for your own use! Or, check out the full activity book with one of these links:
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