Welcome to Bug Belly the frog's home pad.
If it's RESOURCES you're after for home schooling then click the FROGGY GOODIES tab above.

This is his favourite lily pad and home to loads of cool, froggy crafts and activities. There are videos of Paul reading the book, videos of 'How-to-draw', Bug of the Month, and much, much more.
If you've not yet discovered how BB rescues 100's of desperate little taddies when their pond starts to empty, then follow the links on the right if you'd like to buy the book online. Or maybe you fancy reading a sample taster chapter first, or watching the video trailer? 

What are you waiting for?!

All images strictly copyright © Paul Morton

8 Bug Belly videos now available

Video #7- Great tips for getting good ideas for your stories. Then try Paul's Summer Reading Story Writing Challenge.

Video #1- Paul reading from Bug Belly Babysitting Trouble part 1

Video #2- Paul drawing Splodge and making a frog wobbler

Video #3- Paul reading from Bug Belly Babysitting Trouble part 2

Video #4- Paul reading from Bug Belly Babysitting Trouble part 3

Video #5- Drawing Splash, painting water and making a Splash wobbler

Video #6- Paul reading from Bug Belly Babysitting Trouble part 4

Video #8- How to draw Bug Belly

EVERYONE'S FRIEND!! THE COCKROACH
Here's a bug that most people are familiar with. Whether running around shops and restaurants or scuttling into the bedroom. The Cockroach is truly a fascination little critter, and has been so for 320 million years! It's obviously doing something right.

BUG #6 THE COCKROACH

PREVIOUSLY
BUG #1 TRILOBITE BEETLE

BUG #2 THE STICK INSECT

BUG #3 QUEEN TERMITE

BUG #4 THE MOLE CRICKET

BUG #5 THE DUNG BEETLE

THE DUNG BEETLE is a fascinating bug.
Take time to go and research each of these fascinating bugs and you'll discover, for instance, that one Dung beetle can bury 250 times it's own weight in dung - IN ONE NIGHT!

BUG #5 THE DUNG BEETLE

PREVIOUSLY
BUG #1 TRILOBITE BEETLE

BUG #2 THE STICK INSECT

BUG #3 QUEEN TERMITE

BUG #4 THE MOLE CRICKET

This month I've had a special request from Eddie in Barnsley. He introduced me to the MOLE CRICKET. So please let me present to YOU to this impressive beast of a bug! Thanks Eddie.

BUG #4 THE MOLE CRICKET

PREVIOUSLY
BUG #1 TRILOBITE BEETLE

BUG #2 THE STICK INSECT

BUG #3 QUEEN TERMITE





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Take a look at the rather strange looking Queen Termite she's this month's Bug of the Month. Like an ant in a sleeping bag!

BUG #3 QUEEN TERMITE

BUG #1 TRILOBITE BEETLE

BUG #2 THE STICK INSECT





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HAPPY WORLD BOOK DAY

To celebrate WBD Bug Belly is giving away this free
downloadable book mark.

It features Splish, Splash and Splodge in a balancing act and is perfect for colouring in.

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Already into month number two and so here we have the second amazing bug in Bug Belly's insectopedia.

BUG #2 THE STICK INSECT

BUG #1 TRILOBITE BEETLE

!• ITS FROGSPAWN TIME  •!

Well, very nearly depending on new storms and other freak weather conditions.

In South Yorkshire pond activity can begin anywhere towards the end of February and quite often frogspawn has been laid on the same day - 14th March.

Here are a couple of photographs taken last year when I was helped by my young friend Atlas. We caught thousands of "shiny black blobs. Jiggling and giggling like a sea of happy jelly beans coming to the boil." 
Just like it says in my Bug Belly book!

 

Here's the first in an exciting series of amazing bugs, collect the set.

THE TRILOBITE BEETLE