Choose by critter
Follow Buster, Barry, Lass, Cat, Sarah, Dag, or Tim.
Welcome to Bugville
Find a big story for a little reader.
Follow a critter, choose a place, or begin with the feeling your family needs today. Every Bugville path opens a story about curiosity, courage, friendship, learning, and belonging.
Choose a Bugville trail
Every path uses ordinary links and works without typing a query.
Choose by story feeling
Find stories about belonging, courage, curiosity, change, and more.
Choose by age
Start with an age band, then follow the reader’s interests.
Choose a place
Enter through Long Lake, Counting Cove, school, park, or home.
Meet the critters
Seven friends offer seven different ways to enter the world.
Buster Bee
The Curious Explorer
Buster is the bright, buzzing heart of many Bugville adventures. He asks big questions, leaps toward new discoveries, and has a gift for making everyone feel invited…
Barry Beetle
The Creative Problem Solver
Barry notices the little details that other bugs miss. He loves routes, tools, signs, clever fixes, and ideas that make life easier for someone else. He can hesitate…
Lass Ladybug
The Thoughtful Leader
Lass loves a good plan, a fair choice, and a community project with room for everyone. She is confident, capable, and ready to organize the next Bugville event. Her…
Cat Caterpillar
The Resilient Communicator
Cat listens carefully, notices who has been left out, and understands that small words can make a big difference. She is gentle without being weak and calm without…
Sarah Silkworm
The Caring Creative
Sarah brings warmth to a room through stories, art, food, color, texture, and the thoughtful details that help people feel welcome. She works hard and cares deeply, but…
Dag Dragonfly
The Energetic Adventurer
Dag arrives with speed, confidence, a challenge, and usually a plan that started before anyone else was ready. He is playful, athletic, inventive, and fiercely loyal.…
Tim Earthworm
The Gentle Nature Expert
Tim understands soil, streams, growing things, and the kind of change that takes time. He is patient, practical, and quietly funny. Because he does not rush to speak,…
Open a new adventure
Current Bugville stories for reading together and growing readers.
New3-5
Blast Off with Buster Bee
After dreaming of the stars, Buster Bee blasts off on a playful journey through the solar system, discovering planets, space wonders, and the joy of…
New6-9
Buster and the Lost Hive
When Buster Bee falls asleep dreaming of adventure, he wakes up in a world of traps, treasure, and bug-sized danger. With a rival crew on his trail…
New6-9
The Cracked Cookie Code
Snack time at B. Havior School is interrupted when the cookies are found mysteriously half-eaten, with strange bite marks and puzzling letters left…
New5-8
Blast Off With Buster Bee Around the Moon with Artemis II
A warm, engaging read-aloud inspired by a real mission around the Moon. As Buster Bee learns about astronauts, spacecraft, and Artemis II, young…
New3-5
Twelve Dresses, One Star
Lass Ladybug loves trying on dresses, dreaming big, feeling silly, stomping mad, and soaring through the sky. In this sweet and confidence-building…
New3-5
Pirates Stole My Booty
When Buster Bee falls asleep after a pirate movie, his imagination sets sail! Suddenly, he is Sir Buster Hawkins, Captain Extraordinaire, leading…
New3-5
Twelve Dreams, One Dreamer
Buster Bee dreams of pitching, batting, sailing, building, biking, skating, and soaring higher than ever. But dreams don’t always go perfectly.…
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