Cricket in the Thicket: Poems about Bugs

This nonfiction picture book gathers brief, humorous poems about insects and other bugs, including spiders, bees, butterflies, and cockroaches. The verses are paired with illustrations and supplemented by facts, notes, and back matter. One poem asks questions about a praying mantis, playing on the difference between praying and preying. The book brings poetry and factual material together to focus on the varied creatures commonly called bugs.