Rhyming books for beginning readers Snug as a Big Red Bug Written by Frank B. Edwards Illustrated by John Bianchi Poor Red Bug doesn't know anything about the cold wind and snow winter. Winter is coming, With cold wind and snow. But the animals who are warning him of the changing season are not keen to let him burrow into their warm winter coats. Finally, Red Bug finds a perfect spot that bothers no one and the book ends happily with him snoring away in front of a fireplace. The book's rhyming pattern is a wonderful reading device for developing readers and the bug's search provides a playful look at the way various animal's adapt to the cold.
Youngsters love to chant the text with or without the book in hand.
Still wearing her nightgown, she sneaks out to watch them as they dance through the night. As the animals lay down one by one, she counts them off in standard countdown fashion. Ten farm animals dancing in a line, horse got dizzy, then there were nine. Young readers love the rhythm and rhyme in this book, predicting each number as they turn the page to see what animal drops out from the party. Luckily his passengers are as helpful as he is and everyone gets out to push.