My kid is starting Spanish immersion preschool soon, so this was delightfully hilarious. MJ is only two, but she is super verbal and so the nonsense language in this book drove her crazy. I wouldn't say she enjoyed it, but it challenged her and she wanted to read it again and again trying to figure out the puzzle of what the nonsense words mean.

She also really enjoyed the freaky-looking spider. (Enough with cutesy spiders in picture books! Give me [b:I'm Trying to Love Spiders|23281865|I'm Trying to Love Spiders|Bethany Barton|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1412530391s/23281865.jpg|42819784] any day.) This kind of accidentally became a book about death for us because MJ was very concerned about what happened to the spider. I said the bird ate it. She still wanted to know what happened to it. I said it's gone. Her face was so serious. Where? I was like, TOO SOON. But then I recovered and said it was in the bird's stomach and she let us move on. ( )

This book is recommended for primary students. This book is about a group of insects who discovered a plant sprouting from the ground and uses a made-up language. In my future classroom I would use this book to show how images can be a driving force in portraying a story. ( )

A gibberish book with a story that can be distinguished throughout the book. This could be an interesting read because students a capable of making out stories based on pictures and the sounds of the gibberish words. ( )

Goofy, weird, and totally charming -- expressive art and a fun language to play with and puzzle over, as the bugs experience something unexpected in the garden. ( )

Gladdenboot! ( )