Buzz Buzz Bzzt at Home
Indrė Pliuškytė-Zalieckienė. Bz Bz Bzt namuose (Buzz Buzz Bzzt at Home), Vilnius: Alma littera, 2024. – 16 p.
This book is part of the My First Book series. It was written and illustrated by the same author. The story is about a fly that causes chaos in the daily lives of family members. The playful and humorous content engages young children, while the simple rhyming text helps them memorise words more easily. As children read the text and explore the illustrations, they follow the fly and become familiar with objects in their everyday environment. The illustrations feature contrasting colours and clear shapes. The book develops attentiveness and curiosity, while the rhyming text enhances language skills. The repetitive onomatopoeic sounds imitating the buzzing of a fly add to the book’s playfulness. The book has thick pages with rounded corners, making it easy for even the youngest children to handle. It aligns with the developmental stage of children aged 0–2 but will also appeal to slightly older readers.
Indrė Pliuškytė-Zalieckienė (b. 1978) is a poet and illustrator. She leads literary educational programmes for preschool and elementary school children. She has published six children’s books, all of which she illustrates herself. Her rhyming picture book Kapt kapt kapt (Drop Drop Drop, 2020) was awarded the Lithuanian Section of IBBY Prize for the most significant debut in children’s literature. Her poetry book Kaip sutramdyti žvėryną (How to Tame a Menagerie, 2021) won the Children’s Book of the Year award. The rhyming book Abėcėlė virtuvėje (ABC in the Kitchen, 2023) was included in the top ten most highly estimated children’s books of the year.
Illustrator’s portfolio: https://www.indrepliuskyte.lt/
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