Nasty Bugs by Lee Bennett Hopkins5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() Here's one that always makes me smile and makes listeners wrinkle their noses in delight. When the temperature rises, all manner of oddhoppers (bees, beetles, crickets, fleas, etc.) come out of the woodwork! There's a beetle on his back (kicking to right himself), a snake in the grass, katydids, a walking stick, stinkbug and, more. Oddhopper Opera: A Bug's Garden of Verses, written and illustrated by Kurt Cyrus, is a collection of poems that provides an unusual view of the garden and its inhabitants in all their (sometimes disgusting) glory. Play with your food, but don’t let it run around screaming. ![]() Here are two of my favorite poems.Īt every meal, bow your head, fold your wings, and say, “Graze.” ![]() Patrick Lewis and illustrated by Anna Raff, is a collection of 22 poems about holidays you won't believe actually exist, but they do! There are poems here for Dragon Appreciation Day (January 16), National Hippo Day (February 15), Worm Day (March 15), Firefly Day (April 10), Limerick Day (May 12),-which if I'm not mistaken is Edward Lear's birthday-and many more! While all of the poems and nearly all of these holidays are devoted to animals, I'm find I'm quite partial to the notion of Chocolate-Covered Anything Day (December 16), though the notion of chocolate-covered ants is a bit revolting!. World Rat Day: Poems About Real Holidays You've Never Heard Of, written by J. ![]()
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