Booklist
From plump, sweet honey ants to dragonflies fried on a stick, the insects served up in this volume are considered delicious treats around the world. Each spread pairs standout color photos of bugbased dishes with a short, lively description of how and where the sixlegged delicacies are prepared and enjoyed. An appended world map extends the geography exercise with an ataglance view of each featured country. A few spreads will answer young readers' inevitable questions about taste; termites, for example, are described as having a nutty flavor, as well as a taste similar to sweetened cream. Goldish includes general references to the bugs' nutritional value, but more specific information would have been welcome. The photos are the real attraction, with fullpage images that will delight browsers. And unlike many other youth titles on the topic, this volume reins in cultural bias: One eater's 'yuck!' is another eater's 'yum!' A bibliography and small, suggested reading section close this title on a highinterest topic in the Extreme Cuisine series.
Library Sparks
Students develop a comfort zone based on what is familiar to them, and that includes foods they have eaten. Foods outside their comfort zone are gross or yucky! Reading Bugalicious can help students realize that not everyone is raised with the same culinary preferences or dislikes. Closeup, juicy photos show leafbug pizza, swollen honey ants, fried giant water bugs, waspladen crackers, grasshopper tacos, and other tasty insect foods eaten around the world. Students may be repelled, but as the book concludes, - ¦the world is a big place. One eater's 'yuck!' is another eater's 'yum!'
