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Mike Brownlow, Author
Simon Rickerty, Illustrator
Series: Five Little
Imprint: Orchard Books
Publication date: August 13, 2026
Category: Early learning: numbers & counting
ISBN: 9781408377741
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Five Little Bugs: Garden and Grow
Join five green-fingered bugs for heaps of gardening fun in this bouncy rhyming and counting adventure. Lift the flaps to help the bugs with jobs around the garden, from pruning the weeds to watering the plants, all while they wait for the flowers to grow . . .
Learning to count is fun with these sturdy board books! There’s a flap on every spread, perfect for little hands to lift.
Want more Five Little? Don’t miss:
Five Little Monkeys
Five Little Princesses
Five Little Dinosaurs
Five Little Pirates
Five Little Robots
Five Little Unicorns
Mike Brownlow is the creator of many books for children. He wrote and illustrated the picture book Little Robots, which was turned into a major animated TV show for CBeebies and aired in over 70 countries worldwide. His other books include Mickey Moonbeam, Dog Did It! and The Big White Book. Mike lives in Somerset and has three grown-up daughters.
Simon Rickerty graduated from The Royal College of Art in 2006 with a master’s degree in Communication Art and Design. His first picture book, Peas, written by Andy Cullen, was shortlisted for the Booktrust Early Years Award. Simon has gone on to illustrate many more highly acclaimed books for children, including Ten Little Pirates, winner of the Nottingham Children’s Book Prize, and Monkey Nut, winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. He lives in Bristol.