Available Books

The Adventures of Zip, Zap, and Zup

Welcome to the Wandering Meadow, and the world of Zip, Zap, and Zup. Our friendly little family of ladybugs are all about adventures and learning. They might be small, but they are doing big things. Each Zip, Zap, and Zup book is a collection of three separate stories for your youngster, along with some bonus pages in the back.

You can click each book cover below to see the list of stories and some sample pages.

In this, the first book in the series, a small little ladybug gets blown into a beautiful meadow, but he's all alone. Soon, he meets some new friends and eventually, and old friend. The Adventures start here!
Zip and Zup are back from their honeymoon, but when they return to the Wandering Meadow they realize they have no place to live. Follow along as they find a new house, a new family member, and new friends.
Little Zap is adorable and ready to start exploring the Wandering Meadow. From learning to swim, to her first camping trip, and her first trip to the Museum, there's lot of adventure in store.
In "Venturing Farther", little Zap is ready to explore the world around her with Zip and Zup. In the first story in the collection, Little Town, Zap learns that it is important to listen to her mom and dad, because while Little Town is an exciting place, there are also some dangers for a little ladybug like her.
In "Good to be Home", our little family of ladybugs discover the simple joys of being together. Home is where family is and even after an exciting adventure it's always good to come home.
In "All in the Family", our little ladybug family is growing, as we meet Skippy and Zippy. In "Family Ties", Hoppity and Hippity find a little bug that doesn't seem to have a family. They end up placing him with Zip, Zap, and Zup, who grow to love him very much, but do they get to keep him?
In "Away We Go", Zap, Zippy, and Skippy are going everywhere and learning lots of important lessons. First, they venture into the "Dark Woods" and meet all sorts of new creatures, including bats and eagles, and they learn about being dizzy, courtesy of the helicopter leaves. In "Third Wing Engage", Skippy decides to test his flying skills on a very windy day, but the results are a bit disastrous. In "I'm Stuck on You", Zippy and Skippy let their sweet tooth get the better of them and learn the wisdom of obeying parents the hard way.
In "It's A Great Day", Zap, Zippy, and Skippy learn that every day is special and something we should be thankful for. Getting to do things together is special, even when you have to do something you might not really like, like school work. In "A Day for Flying", Zap, Zippy, and Skippy are looking for something fun to do on a very windy day. Making paper airplanes and blowing the fuzz on a Dandelion is fun, but when Skippy suggests floating in the wind, things get interesting as they are blown to Little Town. In "A Day at the Beach", the family enjoys relaxing in the sun and sand. The children meet several amazing sea creatures, but their most important lesson comes through disappointment. In "School Days", Zippy learns that History can be interesting, especially when it is a story about their distant cousins from Scotland, the MacLadybugs.
Zip, Zap, and Zup are on the move in our latest book.

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Zip, Zap, and Zup Activity Books

For every Adventure book we have a companion Activity Book.

Activity books are not only fun activities that keep little ones busy, they are also very useful in helping to build fine motor skills, creative problem solving, and learning how to play games with others. Since the Zip, Zap, and Zup books are designed for a broad age range, ages 5 to 8, the activities in the Activity Books vary in complexity, but there is something for every age group.

Click the covers below to see what's inside of a Zip, Zap, and Zup Activity Book.

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Hey Little Ladybug series

The "Hey Little Ladybug" series is a set of 5 books designed to introduce your 2 to 4-year-old to key concepts and ideas about the world around them in a fun and colorful setting.

You can click on the covers to get a preview of pages inside the books. Use the arrows to scroll through the gallery.

In the "Do You Know Your Five Senses" book, we explore the way we experience and interact with the world through sight, sounds, smell, taste, and touch.
In the "Do You Know Your Colors" book, we explore the basic colors, including many shades, as well as animals and objects that have that color. The introduction of each color includes a page where your child can look for objects of that color.
In the "Do You Know Your Numbers" book, we introduce the numbers from 1 to 10, exploring different methods of counting and visible examples of what each number means. The introduction of each number includes a page where your child can look for that number of objects in the illustration.
In the "Do you Know Your Shapes" book, we introduce the basic shapes, exploring how to identify them and common objects that have that shape. The introduction of each shape includes a page where your child can look for those shapes.
In the "Do You Know Your Opposites" book, we introduce a number of common opposites - hello/goodbye, hot/cold, happy/sad, etc... Each pair includes an illustration showing common uses or objects that match the opposite.