Ten Little Ladybugs by Melanie Gerth (28-Nov-2000) Board book

I have twin boys, and I bought them this book when they were about 10 months old. Here we are four months later, and I just bought a second book because they read the other one to pieces!! It was starting to look like a Frankenstein of torn pages and packaging tape, so I decided it was time to replace it. This was definitely their FAVORITE book, and believe me they had plenty to choose from.Upon my first reading, I remember thinking "Wow, this is incredibly morbid for a children's book.." because it seemed like the ladybugs were getting eaten, drowned, etc. However (spoiler alert, ha ha) they were fine in the end.Despite the fact that it is now in pieces, this is actually a pretty well-made book. It took quite awhile for them to tear it up, and that's saying something there. The ladybugs are attached to a larger plastic piece which is then glued in between the pages, ensuring that it won't be easily removed. The pages themselves are doubled card stock, with a glossy finish to protect them from drool.My boys loved touching all the ladybugs, and feeling that there were fewer as the book progressed. They also absolutely loved the high-color illustrations, and would frequently just sit there by themselves, paging through the book and looking at the pictures. For some reason, they would always laugh when we got to the picture of the fish, and I would start to point out the eyes, lips, etc.This is also a great book to make animal noises to (if your kids like that sort of thing) since it has a bee, bird, etc. Your child is pretty much guaranteed to love this book!

This book is so adorable. Both of my kids (boy and girl) love this as one of their bedtime stories. I would say this book is great for babies and kids up to age 7? Love how all the ladybugs are back together at the end.

Whenever I visited them, my grandsons always ran to my book bag first to be sure I brought this book for them to look at. I would bring books to read to them, but this was their favorite--so I got one for them for Christmas. They are 3 and 4 yrs old, and love to use the bugs to count, as well as to look for the the other animals that interact with them. (Their cousins love it too!)

I love this book, bought 2 to give as gifts. Both had several price tag stickers on them which were difficult to get off. On one I tried using a knife (nail polish remover, fingernails etc didn’t work) and I tore the cover- so can’t give it as a gift. Why so many stickers? Very disappointed

We had this book and read to our grandchildren, but it got little bit too much loving, and it is falling apart. So we now have our 2nd copy of this book, for the newer grandchildren to enjoy ! If you don't have this one is your library, you should get it! The rhymes are cute and the children love touching all the Ladybugs !

My one-year-old son pulls this book off the shelf at every opportunity. The pages are stiffer than paper but not as thick as a board book, so it's more like a big-boy book but he can still turn the pages himself.I like the way this book teaches counting but in a more subtle way than some of the all-out counting books that simply show "one cat, two socks," etc. It's an enjoyable, rhyming story that just happens to have numbers.To clarify, the nine animals that come along in the book are NOT predators, as another reviewer said they were. There is not just ONE ladybug that makes it home safely. They ALL are reunited at home on the last page of the book. The way I understand the book is that the 10 ladybugs are on an outing, and each one leaves the group with an animal friend (butterfly, caterpillar, etc.) who later takes him / her back home. Are the ladybugs lost and needing help to find their way home? Are they playing with the other animals and then eventually they all go home for supper? I don't have this answer. But please don't think that this book is a nature lesson about the food chain. No ladybugs are harmed in the reading of this book!

I read this to my child who is too young to read, count, or even talk yet. Regardless, the ladybugs seem to catch his attention, and it's still an engaging book I think. When he's older, I'm sure he will still enjoy it.In terms of the actual product, it came in good packaging without any damage. It's a board book.

My grandkids LOVE this book and I have bought several for gifts that were extremely well received. Super cute illustrations and a great simple rhyming text that the kids really enjoy. The tactile element is irresistible for kids too!

We bought this after being recommended this series when expressing love for 10 Little Pirates, I think this has fast become one of my daughters favourite books and is regularly tucked in the bag when we go out and about.Excellent for anchoring number and counting skills and extra points for the tactile nature of the ladybugs that are on each page reinforcing the countdown as one disappears with each page turn. My just turned two year old loves the physical insects on each page and runs her fingers over them counting with mummy as each page turns.The 'story' itself is a lovely bouncy sing-song rhythm telling how each ladybug disappears on our journey around the garden, some children may be upset thinking a fish or bird has in fact eaten the insects but SPOILERS there is a happy ending when everyone including all the distractions come home.This is also great for spring-summer reading (or holiday/day trip to the countryside/city farm for urban dwellers) and anchoring nature-based words- my daughter has started calling out words she has learned from the book as we go around our garden and encounter bees, butterflies and yesterday the joy of finding a ladybird!The art is lovely, gentle, soft naturalistic watercolours and slightly anthropomorphised (faces) 'distractions' to keep it child-friendly.Overall I'm very pleased with this book and the whole series should be recommissioned, off to purchase more in different themes.

I gave 5 stars and in all honesty would have given even more if I could.1. It is greatly engaging, as your child will follow the story closely and watch a little ladybug dissapear at each page.2. Counting - improved!3. Vocabulary - improved!4. Great fun reading, as it rhymes.5. Sensory - a child will love smooth surfaces of both the book and the ladybugs, the pictures are also very eye-pleasing.It's a keeper!

I love these "Ten little ..." books. And this one has lovely pretty pictures, but I like the 10 fish or caterpillars better as they have a beautiful 3D picture at the end. But their pictures are more "cartoony". So, depends on what you like - prettier pictures or a spectacular ending.

Very pleased.

my grandson loves loves this book xx