Hey Th ere,
Leslie Bulion
Illustrated by Leslie Evans
St ink Bug!
For RubinL. B.
To CharlieL. E.
2008 First paperback edition
Text copyright 2006 by Leslie Bulion
Illustrations copyright 2006 by Leslie Evans
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bulion, Leslie, 1958
Hey there, stink bug! / by Leslie Bulion; illustrated by Leslie Evans.
p. cm.
Summary: Describes various types of insects using different poetic forms.
Includes glossary and poetry notesProvided by publisher.
ISBN 978-1-60734-040-9
1. InsectsJuvenile literature. I. Evans, Leslie, 1953 ill. II. Title.
QL467.2.B85 2006 ISBN-13: 978-1-68444-655-1 (e-book)
595.7dc22 2005019627
Illustrations made from linoleum block prints and watercolor on Arches paper
Display type set in Quetzalcoatl; text type set in Weiss and Humana Sans
Color separations by Chroma Graphics
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Contents
Go Buggy!........................................................................8
Hey There, Stink Bug!...................................................10
Multiplication................................................................12
The Hot Shot................................................................13
Flies................................................................................14
Japanese Beetle..............................................................16
Making Scents...............................................................17
Nightmare......................................................................20
Antlion...........................................................................22
Fooled by the Lights......................................................24
Advice to a Caterpillar..................................................26
Swarm............................................................................27
Wolf Spider Mama ........................................................28
Dung Beetle ...................................................................30
Recycling.......................................................................31
Thanklessness ................................................................32
Housekeeping................................................................34
Beetlemani a....................................................................
Watch Your Step............................................................37
Glossary.........................................................................38
Poetry Notes..................................................................40
Resources.......................................................................45
Acknowledgments.........................................................45
Go Buggy!
Do you
think butterflies are ornamental?
Are marching ants just accidental?
Are lady beetles sentimental?
Take a closer look.
Theyve spent
four hundred million years evolving
elegant, devious tricks, involving
bug-get-buggy problem solving.
Take a closer look.
They can
bug-hunt each other on chemical cue,
play dead, spin thread, turn guts to stew,
boast two hundred million per one of you.
Take a closer look.
This is
an insect world with humans in it.
Well seize the day, but they will win it.
Youve been forewarned, now lets begin it
Take a closer look...
at BUGS!
Hey There, Stink Bug!
Hey
there, stink
bug! What do you think,
bug? Im not a bird or a lizard or a bat.
Youre not a treat that Im wanting
to eat. Im just watching you lunch
on your leaf habitat. Uh-oh, stink
bug! Know what I think, bug? I
think youre lost cause youre
walking up my arm. But I wont
tease you, wouldnt dare
squeeze you please dont
trigger your stink
alarm!
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