A whimsical tribute to naughty and mischievous insects features sixteen pieces by children's poets

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Stink bug / Cynthia S. Cotten -- Fly's poem / Ann Whitford Paul -- Boll weevil / Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- Colorado potato beetle / X. J. Kennedy -- Ode to a dead mosquito / Lee Bennett Hopkins -- Fire ants / April Halprin Wayland -- Barbed and dangerous / Michelle Krueger -- Disagreeable fleas / Marilyn Singer -- Spoiled rotten / J. Patrick Lewis -- Ode to chigger / Rebecca Andrew Loescher -- Lice / Amy Ludwig VanDerwater -- Tick-tock tick / Kami Kinard -- Termite tune / Alice Schertle -- Cockroach / Fran Haraway -- Bedbug has a bite to eat / Kristine O'Connell George -- Giant water bug / Douglas Florian