An illustrated ’70s or ’80s children’s book about cartoon-looking bugs living in a city within/on a potted plant. The bugs had houses and shops and children. They wore clothes I think and were quite humanly.
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Was this one of the Bugg books by Stephen Cosgrove?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6315174-bee-bopp-lullafly
Or maybe Bug City by Dahlov Zorach Ipcar
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1610081.Bug_City?from_search=true&search_version=service
If it was a chapter book, it could have been William Kotzwinkle’s Trouble in Bugland.
Thank you for your reply! Neither of the books you suggested matched the book I remember. In the book I’m thinking of, the bugs were more like people. The mom bugs had hair and purses and wore dresses. They lived in homes or apartments I think. I can’t remember the plot exactly I think it was just going around this big city showing different scenes. At the end of the book there’s an illustration of the indoor potted plant that the city is in. I can’t remember much because I was so young when I read it but it always stuck with me for some reason! Thanks for your help again.
Could it be one of the Sesame Street Twiddlebug books? The Twiddlebugs had a town in a windowbox and their houses were made of things like old spools, playing cards, and so on. It looks like there were several different art styles used in various books: http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Twiddlebugs#Twiddlebug_books
I looked up Twiddlebugs on Google and I found the book! It was the 1980 edition Twiddlebugs at Work!!! Thank you so much for your suggestion this has been a decade-long question of mine!
You’re welcome! I had that book as a child and loved it.
I agree with the above poster regarding the Sesame Street Twiddlebug books. I also wondered if you might be referring to Richard Scarry’s Goldbug books.