Jitterbug

by Kai Lüftner (Author) Wiebke Rauers (Illustrator)

Jitterbug
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

This little ladybug will rock you!

Ladybugs are so cute, small, and fly so gently. Not so for the "Jitterbug"-- Lady B. Marie! Her heart beats for rock 'n' roll. She holds the electric guitar in her hands, her voice belts out melodies, she sings and grooves like crazy. Papa, Mrs. Snail, and Grasshopper are less enthusiastic about the music and soon the other meadow dwellers leave the scene. She's just too loud! Does the Jitterbug give up? No! She sings alone on the tranquil meadow-- This was more than glitz and glam. It was a declaration: "Here I am!" Right on cue, reinforcements arrive in the form of a colorful band of beetles who want to give a concert on the meadow. The band recognizes Marie's talent and now the show really gets going.

Word artist Kai Lüftner forges grandiose rhymes-- impressively translated into English by Marshall Yarbrough. You can't help but be carried away by the charm and wit. In addition, Wiebke Rauers creates the amusing world of images for a little beetle that really turns up the amplifier.

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Kirkus Reviews

The visual gag of the bass guitarist stag beetle, horns emanating from his head like a death metal god, is glorious in and of itself.  (Picture book. 4-7)

Booklist

Grades 1-3. The artwork, with its dramatic and stunning angles, is done in multimedia collage as boldly colored as the hair of an ’80s punk band. 

Review quotes

Perfect for every kid who marches to their own drummer!—Anna Brown "Katy Budget Books"
Kai Lüftner
Kai Lüftner was born in East Berlin. He is a children's and youth book author, musician, composer, audio book editor and director. In the meantime he has published more than 20 books, celebrated many successes with his children's music project "Rotz'N'Roll" and given concerts. Kai Lüftner lives with his family on the Danish Baltic Sea island of Bornholm.

Wiebke Rauers was born in Düsseldorf. She studied communication design with a focus on illustration in Düsseldorf. After graduating, she moved to Berlin and worked as a character designer in an animation studio. She has been a freelancer since 2015 and illustrates children's books and films/series. She lives in Berlin with her daughter, her husband and lots of stuffed animals.

Marshall Yarbrough is a writer, translator, and musician. He has translated works by Ulla Lenze, Norman Ohler, and Wolf Wondratschek, among other authors. He lives in New York City.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780735844995
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Northsouth Books
Publication date
April 20, 2023
Series
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BISAC categories
JUV002140 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Insects, Spiders, etc.
JUV039140 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
JUV031040 - Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts | Music
Library of Congress categories
Insects
Picture books
Stories in rhyme
Individuality
Rock music
Ladybugs
Animal fiction

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