LEO THE LIGHTNING BUG by Eric Drachman
Kidwick Books - 2001
ISBN: 0970380909 - Hardcover
Children's Fiction

Reviewed by Nancy Mehl, MyShelf.com
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Leo has a problem. He is the littlest lightning bug of all - and his light doesn't work! He is very frustrated - and it doesn't help that the other lightning bugs - Larry, Lester, and Louise - are laughing at him!

Leo feels so small, but his mother tells him that his name, Leo, means "lion." "Inside, you're as big and brave as a lion!" she tells him.

Leo doesn't feel like a lion, but he decides to keep trying to be all that a lightning bug should be.

LEO THE LIGHTNING BUG is a delightful book that tells children not to give up, even if they have to keep trying and trying. Another lesson that this book teaches is that anger is not the way to respond when other people tease you. When Leo has the chance to make fun of Lester, even though Lester has been part of a group that has been poking fun at him, he refuses to do so, and instead, turns a bad situation around, gaining some new friends. What a great lesson for children!

The book comes with super illustrations and an entertaining CD, which can be played while a child reads along. The narration is well done, with wonderful background noises. The voice of Leo on the CD made me smile. In fact, this whole book made me smile. LEO THE LIGHTNING BUG offers children some important lessons along with an entertaining and charming story.

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