The Ugly Bug Club

The Ugly Bug Club by Gail Abbitt is a children's picture book. It follows a group of bugs who discover that the things they dislike about themselves are the things that the other bugs wish they had. UGLY stands for 'Uniquely Gifted Loveable You.'

A very ugly bug thinks that if she looks like her pretty friends, she will be more beautiful, so she makes herself a disguise. But now she's even tastier looking to the birds. When something strange happens, the ugly bug learns that just being herself is the best defense. Full color.

The words of the book seem to dance off the pages of this whimsical, enchanting story of kindness and inclusiveness as taught to the reader by the bugs of Bugville. The reader gets to see for themselves why the Midsummer Grand Bug Ball is the grandest ball in all of Bugville!

Let’s go to the ball! It’s time for the Ugly Bug Ball and all the ugly bugs are buzzing about the ball. Only, there’s one problem, not all of the ugly bugs were invited. Even though Stanley is an ugly stinkbug, he’s left out because of his stench! Will he let one bossy bug dictate if he can go, or will he gather his courage and finally meet the bug of his dreams?

Puzzled that others find his appearance unusual, Ugly Bug has many adventures in the garden before making a surprising discovery.

Introduces insects that have unusual physical characteristics, such as the peanut-head bug, the walkingstick, and the mosquito.

HORRIBLE SCIENCE: UGLY BUGS lifts up the stone on the creepy-crawly world of insects. If you're brave enough to look, discover what slugs do with their slime, why flies throw up on your tea and how a preying mantis bites its victim's head off! Redesigned in a bold, funky new look for the next generation of HORRIBLE SCIENCE fans.