LADYBUGS FOR LORETTA
Written by: Lois Wickstrom
Illustrated by: Francie Mion
Gripper Products
ISBN 0-196176-19-3

 Rating- 4 stars ****
            Very good, Not to be Missed

 Pat
This story is about a girl who fell in love with ladybugs and went to great lengths to protect them Loretta gathers the ladybugs up and takes them home to her mother. Ladybugs for Loretta is an educational tool as well as an entertaining story. It teaches the child that ladybugs are beneficial to gardens and eat the bugs that would destroy a garden. The artwork is realistic and beautiful~~~ I love the choice of red. I enjoyed the story. Shelby: Loretta liked to play tricks, but they weren't bad ones. One winter she found ladybugs and took them inside. That was a mistake, cause ladybugs wake up when they are warm. Loretta & her mom put them in the refrigerator until spring. And when the babies are born that have the opposite colors as the parents. A ladybug is red with black spots and the babies are black with red spots. Cool. And they go inside a cocoon just like caterpillars do!! I want to read this one again!

Shelby
and I enjoyed it very much and I would like to see other children reading and enjoying this book.

Reviewed by:
Pat & Shelby Cavender
Shelby Cavender- 7 years old
Copyright (c) 2000 Pat Cavender

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