The BogeyBugz is a series of four environmental adventures by Martin Lever. The books are inspired by five-year-old Remi Gene Lever and follow the BogeyBugz Manifesto:
NOBODY NoSE WheRE theY CamE from.
BUT THEY’RE HERE, HAND-PICKED TO SAVE the WORLD.
BEFORE BEDTIME.
BeCauSE EVERY NOW and AGAIN,
MOTHER NATURE NEEDS SOMEONE
TO PICK-IT FOR THE PLANET
The BUGZ don’t condone nose picking…destruction of the forests or any other anti-social habits.
I absolutely love the illustrations in these books and the fact that the destruction of the forest is considered anti-social behavior (would someone please tell the Bush administration?); however, the resolutions in the stories don’t really work with the environmental problems they are trying to solve. The end page of each book is filled with “facterias” that I wish were more part of the plot of each environmental adventure. [read the full article...]
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