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Bunting, Eve
Butterfly House
With the help of her grandfather, a little girl makes a house for a larva and watches it develop before setting it free; every summer after that butterflies come to visit her.
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Cannon, Janell
Crickwing
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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Deedy, Carmen Agra
Martina, the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale
In this humorous retelling of a Cuban folktale, a cockroach interviews her suitors in order to decide whom to marry.
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Gran, Julia
Big Bug Surprise
Prunella knows so much about insects that people get bored listening to her talk, but when her classroom fills up with bees during show-and-tell, Prunella saves the day.
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Kimmel, Eric A.
Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock
Anansi the spider uses a magical rock to trick the Lion, Elephant, Giraffe, and Zebra. Little Deer is not easily fooled, however, and he teaches Anansi a lesson. More Anansi stories...
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Van Allsburg, Chris
Two Bad Ants
Go on an adventure with two ants that decide to "get out of line" to explore the human world. After their adventure, the ants must make a decision to either return to the ant hole or live with the human.
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Williams, Sheron
Imani's Music
Imani is a grasshopper blessed with the gift of music. He plays his music for the people of Africa even after he is swept onto a slave ship to give his people hope.
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