Bibsy Cross and the Creepy-Crawlies

By: Liz Garton Scanlon

Narrated by: Brittany Pressley

Meet Bibsy Cross, the precocious, regular-pegular eight-year-old whose pickle-jar terrarium habitat gets a little out of control in the third installment of this charming chapter book series.

Most things are easy-peasy, regular-pegular for Bibsy Cross. She loves her parents, her cat, her best friend, Natia. She loves school and the library. And she loves to lend a helping hand.

For their class project, Bibsy and her group must create a self-sustaining pickle-jar terrarium. That means the plants and bugs will live in a harmonious balance.

But when things go a little off-kilter in the pickle jar, will Bibsy's instinct to help out truly do good?

Critic reviews

★ "Scanlon once more employs delicious turns of phrase in her beautifully crafted free verse as she pinpoints the seemingly small but very real worries that loom large for children....An imperfect protagonist who’s nevertheless perfectly charming." —Kirkus Reviews, stared review