Bug City - Dahlov Ipcar

Bug City by Dahlov Ipcar / ISBN 9781623173449 / A nice hardcover reprint of a book first published in 1975 / about 7.5 x 9.5 / North Atlantic Books  *** Follow a whimsical day in the life of a Bug City family, with imaginative illustrations of real insects by Dahlov Ipcar. This charming bug family (Mama is a ladybug and Papa is a daddy longlegs) share a day in Bug City, where they go shopping (for calico moths and velvet ants, of course!) and visit the zoo with rhinoceros beetles and ant lions. Their quaint, busy lives, augmented by Dahlov Ipcar's flamboyant, colorful illustrations, make a charming story for readers to enjoy and learn how to identify a wide variety of bugs. DAHLOV IPCAR (1917-2017) was an American painter, illustrator, and artist known for colorful paintings featuring animals in farm settings or the wild. In 1945 she illustrated The Little Fisherman, her first children's book, a classic Golden Book written by noted children's author Margaret Wise Brown. Ipcar went on t