Bugs by the Numbers

By Werner Design Werks

The Idea

Because of the success we had with our book Alphabeasties and Other Amazing Types (reprinted 3 times and counting!), an alphabet book featuring animals made of letters, we decided to do a follow-up book that was all bugs and numbers. Still type-focused like our previous book, but this one is all numbers with lots of number facts for curious bug-lovers of all ages. We researched countless facts about bugs and collected the most fascinating number-based facts we could find (a hive of bees can collect 66 pounds of pollen a year! A cockroach can survive for 168 hours without its head!). Each bug is made up of numbers in a typeface that feels appropriate for the bug spiky Ironwood type for a mosquito, for example and has a corresponding fact (a bee made of 66s). Lots of die cuts and gatefolds make turning each page an engaging experience for the reader.

This book is for a for slightly older audience (ages 6-12) than that of the Alphabeasties book (ages 3-8) so thereﾒs a larger audience overall for the collection of books.

Delivery of Work

The book is sold in childrenﾒs, book and gift stores and online. Itﾒs also very popular with librarians so check your local library for a copy.

The Results

Our publisher is so thrilled with the book and confident that sales will be high that Bugs is featured on the cover the their spring childrenﾒs book catalog, an honor reserved only for the books expected to garner the most success. Even before shipping, the advance feedback from reviewers is that the book ﾓrocks.ﾔ Already there are four different translations in the works for international publication.

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