The Bug Next Door is Beatrice Alemagna's third Bug book for Phaidon; a simple narrative with lovable characters that celebrates the differences and similarities between girl bugs and boy bugs. Little boy bugs and little girl bugs are so completely different, they just cant get along ... can they? See what happens when Little Speckled Bug meets a mysterious new neighbour bug who has a strange but happy effect on him Written and illustrated by Beatrice Alemagna, whose charming style of texture, appliqué and collage has never before been used in childrens books. A simple narrative with lovable characters that celebrates the differences and similarities between girls and boys.