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Bug
Dance
by
Murphy, Stuart J.
The bugs in Coach Caterpillar's gym class are
learning a new dance. But Centipede can't do
it! If he can't learn the directions left,
right, forward, and backward, this class will
be one big FLOP! |
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The
Ant and the Grasshopper
by Poole, Amy Lowry
Retells the fable about a colony of industrious ants which busily prepares
for the approaching winter while a grasshopper makes no plans for the cold
weather to come. |
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The
Flea's Sneeze
by Downey,
Lynn
A flea with a cold startles all the animals in the barn when it sneezes unexpectedly. |
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Diary
of a Worm
by Cronin, Doreen
A young worm discovers, day by day, that there are some very good and
some not so good things about being a worm in this great big world. |
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Crickwing
by Cannon,
Janell
A
lonely cockroach named Crickwing has a creative idea that saves the day
for the leaf-cutter ants when their fierce forest enemies attack them. |
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Bug
Faces
by Murawski,
Darlyne A.
Presents
close-up photographs of insect faces and describes some of their unique
facial features, including compound eyes and pincher jaws. |
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Absolutely
Not
by McElligott,
Matthew
Gloria, an ant, takes her friend Frieda for a walk and tries to convince
her not to always view the world as a frightening place. |
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The
Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Carle,
Eric
Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way
through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he
forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep. Die-cut pages illustrate
what the caterpillar ate on successive days. |
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Old
Cricket
by Wheeler,
Lisa
Old Cricket doesn't feel like helping his wife and neighbors to prepare for
winter and so he pretends to have all sorts of ailments that require the
doctor's care, but hungry Old Crow has other ideas. |
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Hey,
Little Ant
by Hoose,
Philip M.
A song in which an ant pleads with the
kid who is tempted to squish it. |
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The
Eensy-Weensy Spider
by Hoberman,
Mary Ann
An expanded version of the familiar children's song describing what the little
spider does after being washed out of the water-spout. |
