Every Bug & Bear book is part of a bigger story.
Some connect in wild ways. Some spark brand-new ideas.
All are powered by imagination—and right now, during the Faye’s Foil launch, they’re connecting to something even bigger: our Story Shapers’ communities.
Through June 30th, 75% of all royalties go straight to the schools, libraries, and clubs our co-creators choose.
So explore the series. Find your family’s next favorite.
And know that every story you buy helps shape the next one—and supports a local cause along the way.
The story of a boy who crawled into the dirt… and came out a bug.
Billy doesn’t care about birds. Or fawns. Or big blue skies.
He’s got his eyes on the forest floor—
Where the real wild things live.
Where beetles scurry and imagination awakens.
Where one afternoon of crawling can change the way you see life, forever.
This is the beginning.
Of Bug.
Of Bear.
Of a brother and sister who play their way into something more.
This is where it started.
Not just for the characters. For me.
This was the first one I wrote.
It didn’t come from a plan.
It came from watching two kids chase joy and invent new names for it.
“Becoming Bug” is about attention.
What happens when you follow someone low to the ground, instead of calling them up to the sky.
It’s about play that turns into identity.
About how sometimes… if you lean in far enough, you become the thing you love.
This is the origin story.
Of a press.
Of a world.
Of two kids who were never just playing.
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