The team behind 2013’s The Other Colors returns with a second alliterative alphabet book, setting 26 insects against unusual background colors, many of which will be new to readers young and old ...

Masiello has illustrated several children’s books, including “The Icky Bug Alphabet Book,” “The Yucky Reptile Alphabet Book” and “The Flag We Love.” On Dec. 2, at 6 p.m., ...

When Masiello flipped through the final version of “The Icky Bug Alphabet Book,” he felt proud of his work – until he got to U. “U is for Unfinished Painting,” the author wrote.

He showed slides from his "Icky Bug Alphabet Book," and teased students that his illustrator wanted to draw a picture of a beetles' guts.

Children's author and illustrator Ralph Masiello, illustrator of, among other titles, the popular “The Icky Bug Counting Book” and the “The Icky Bug Alphabet Book,” returned to the school ...

As he says on his Web site, www.jerrypallotta.com, he gradually realized that he could do better. The result was a writing career of 20-odd books, including “The Icky Bug Alphabet Book” and ...