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Awards and honors for Snug as a Bug:
Bank Street College, Best Books of the Year

Snug As a Bug

By Michael Elsohn Ross
Illustrated by Sylvia Long

8 x 8 in; 32 pp ; full color throughout, ages 2-6
Hardcover
Published in February, 2004
ISBN 0811842452
ISBN13 9780811842457

$13.95  

Snug As a Bug -- Award-winning artist Sylvia Long has teamed up with author and naturalist Michael Elsohn Ross to create a truly enchanting bedtime book. From goodnight stories to goodnight kisses, the simple, cozy text celebrates the special bedtime rituals that are so beloved by both parent and child. With its colorful butterflies, cozy caterpillars and dreamy ladybugs—all in their cutest pajamas—this is a book that readers will want to snuggle up with again and again.

Michael Elsohn Ross is an author and naturalist with over 35 children's books to his credit. He lives in a Yosemite National Park Administrative Site with his wife and son.
Visit Michael Elsohn Ross's website.

Sylvia Long is the illustrator of several books for children including the best sellers Ten Little Rabbits and Alejandro's Gift. Ms. Long's detailed paintings are inspired by her love of animals and the outdoors. She lives in Arizona.
Read more about Sylvia's illustrating process.

Quotes

"...Young readers will relish the familiar activities as presented from a bug's-eye perspective and told in whimsical rhyming couplets." Kirkus Reviews