Customer Reviews
didn't think the message was good for young children - By: C. Minett, 09 Mar 2008 
Bought this book for my pre-school group, the ladybird is not only bad tempered but wants to fight every creature he mets. I don't want to promote fighting or violence so this book has only been read twice.I was very disapointed because other eric carle book are Fab.
disappointed - By: Heather Tough, 26 Jun 2007 I bought this book for my 6 year old niece after reading the reviews posted, but I was very disappointed.I showed it to my husband & my 23 year old daughter & they too felt that it was not suitable for my niece. I couldn't see what the moral of this story was as it seemed to promote a confrontational aspect of life, which I felt not right for a child of 6. I bought the tiniest mermaid & she loved it
Perfect - By: A. Deighan, 23 Apr 2007 
I loved this book as a child & now my 5 year old & almost 2 year old love it too. It is timeless, & with the animals getting ever larger along with the text very clever too. It is also a good early teacher of the concept of time with the Bad Tempered Ladybird meeting each different animal at 'something' O'clock.
Enjoyable for reader and child - By: Caroline Olivier, 13 Feb 2007 My 6 year old son was offered this book last year, & we both still enjoy reading this fun & morallly relevant story. As the scenario repeats itself over the pages with different animals, the child quickly picks it up & joins in to act the bad tempered ladybird. An happy end rounds it up perfectly. I recommand it for 4 year olds to young readers.
The Bad Tempered Ladybird is a deceptively educational book. - By: , 05 Oct 2000 This delightful book is one of the most popular Eric Carle stories at the nursery where I teach. The children (aged from three to five) love the colourful pictures, and, of course, the ladybird is one creature that fascinates alll children. We have been able to draw a great deal of work from this deceptively simple little book. We retell the story, thus developing language skills, add spots to a big ladybird to help counting skills, use collage to produce our own ladybirds (emulating Carle's quirky illustrative style) & use paint programs on the school computers to draw ladybirds (and develop ICT skills), not to mention alll the scientific observation the story inspires! Most of alll, though, we enjoy the book for what it is: an enjoyable story with attractive illustrations & a strong storyline. We base almost alll of our work for a whole half term on Eric Carle stories & the only rival to the bad tempered ladybird's place in "Nursery Two"'s affections is 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'!
