Real-life 7-year-old Sophia Spencer was bullied for loving bugs until hundreds of women scientists rallied around her. Now Sophie tells her inspiring story in this picture book that celebrates women in science, bugs of all kinds, and the importance of staying true to yourself.

Sophia Spencer has loved bugs ever since a butterfly landed on her shoulder--and wouldn't leave!--at a butterfly conservancy when she was only two-and-a-half years old. In preschool and kindergarten, Sophia was thrilled to share what she knew about grasshoppers (her very favorite insects), as well as ants and fireflies... but by first grade, not everyone shared her enthusiasm. Some students bullied her, and Sophia stopped talking about bugs altogether. When Sophia's mother wrote to an entomological society looking for a bug scientist to be a pen pal for her daughter, she and Sophie were overwhelmed by the enthusiastic response--letters, photos, and videos came flooding in. Using the hashtag BugsR4Girls, scientists tweeted hundreds of times to tell Sophia to keep up her interest in bugs--and it worked! Sophia has since appeared on Good Morning America, The Today Show, and NPR, and she continues to share her love of bugs with others.

现实生活中，7岁的Sophia Spencer因为喜欢虫子而被人欺负，直到她得到几百位女科学家的支持。现在，Sophie在这本图画书中讲述了她的鼓舞人心的故事。这本绘本讲述了女科学家、各种各样的虫子以及坚持自己的信念的重要性。

在Sophia Spencer两岁半的时候，蝴蝶保护区里有一只蝴蝶落在她的肩膀上，不肯离开。从那儿以后，她就喜欢上了小虫子。在幼儿园和学前班，Sophia很喜欢分享自己对蚱蜢（她最喜欢的昆虫）以及蚂蚁和萤火虫的了解。然而，到了一年级，并不是说有人都和她一样喜欢虫子。有的学生还欺负她，所以Sophia干脆对小虫子闭口不谈了。于是，Sophia的妈妈给一个昆虫学协会写了一封信，表示她想要为自己的女儿寻找一位虫子科学家当她的笔友。结果，她和Sophia收到了许多满腔热情的回复——书信、照片和视频蜂拥而来，让她们应接不暇。科学家们用“BugsR4Girls”（女孩也可以喜欢小虫子）的主题发布了数百条推特，她们想告诉Sophia保持对虫子的兴趣——这个行动发生了作用！后来，Sophia出现在《美国早安》，《今日秀》和NPR中，她继续与其他人分享对小虫子的热爱。