Penelope Pip can paint your pet in any colour, size and style you can think of - no animal is too difficult. As the day goes on she realises that the owners seem to look just like their pets - how silly! But a surprise might just be in store when Penelope Pip returns home … 


  • Highly engaging, illustrated picture book to be read out loud to children aged 5–6

  • Ideal for reading aloud at home with your child

  • Helps expose your child to rich language and curriculum-linked vocabulary 

  • Includes key terms from Art and the topic area of portraits

  • Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools


‘These books are a great start to addressing the wider curriculum and the vocabulary issues that schools are identifying.’ - Assistant Head, Primary Academy


The Bug Club Shared books are highly engaging, beautifully illustrated stories designed to be read out loud to children. The programme exposes children to rich, curriculum-linked vocabulary, helping to build an understanding across school subjects and cultivate a love for reading.



Smokey the fire dragon, who lives at the top of an old, jagged mountain, loves going on new adventures. She soars over forests and glides over rivers until one day a storm strikes! In the darkness and noise of the storm, Smokey loses her way… Will she ever find her way back home?


  • Highly engaging, illustrated picture book to be read out loud to children aged 5–6

  • Ideal for reading aloud at home with your child

  • Helps expose your child to rich language and curriculum-linked vocabulary 

  • Includes key terms from Geography and the topic area of physical geography

  • Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools


‘These books are a great start to addressing the wider curriculum and the vocabulary issues that schools are identifying.’ - Assistant Head, Primary Academy


The Bug Club Shared books are highly engaging, beautifully illustrated stories designed to be read out loud to children. The programme exposes children to rich, curriculum-linked vocabulary, helping to build an understanding across school subjects and cultivate a love for reading.



I am a line, short and thin ... and this is how my line begins ... 

When a pencil line sets off across the page, there's no stopping it. Follow the line on its adventure up zigzag mountains, across the wavy sea, through looping bouquets and deep down tunnels underground. There is so much for the line to explore!


  • Highly engaging, illustrated picture book to be read out loud to children aged 4–5

  • Ideal for reading aloud at home with your child

  • Helps expose your child to rich language and curriculum-linked vocabulary 

  • Includes key terms from Art and the topic area of lines 

  • Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools


‘These books are a great start to addressing the wider curriculum and the vocabulary issues that schools are identifying.’ - Assistant Head, Primary Academy


The Bug Club Shared books are highly engaging, beautifully illustrated stories designed to be read out loud to children. The programme exposes children to rich, curriculum-linked vocabulary, helping to build an understanding across school subjects and cultivate a love for reading.