Bent Northrop Memorial Library

Because of a bet, Billy is in the uncomfortable position of having to eat fifteen worms in fifteen days. The worms are readily supplied by his opponent, whose motto seems to be the bigger and juicier, the better! Billy's family, after checking with the doctor, takes everything in stride and even helps Billy through the gastronomic ordeal that twists and turns with each new day, leaving the outcome of the bet continually in doubt.

The itsy-bitsy spider encounters a fan, a mouse, a cat, and a rocking chair as she makes her way to the top of a tree to spin her web. Includes music on the last page.

Publisher Annotation: "Du iz tak?" What is that? As a tiny shoot unfurls, two damselflies peer at it in wonder. When the plant grows taller and sprouts leaves, some young beetles arrive to gander, and soon with the help of a pill bug named Icky they wrangle a ladder and build a tree fort. But this is the wild world, after all, and something horrible is waiting to swoop down "booby voobeck" only to be carried off in turn. "Su" With exquisitely detailed...

Over in the garden, mother insects and their children enjoy various activities from morning sun to evening moon.

Follows two bug friends, Stag-B and Rhino-B, as they explore their world and share adventures.

Ladybugs are bright red beetles with little black spots. They're very helpful in the garden. What would life be like as a ladybug? This book let's readers experience a day in the life of one of these little red bugs. Accessible text makes reading easy and fun for emerging readers and young listeners. A Words to Know section helps children develop reading comprehension skills. Readers and young listeners will be drawn into the story by the bright,

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"In a cyclical story, a child wishes to fly like a butterfly, who wishes for privacy like a stick insect's, who wishes to swim like a whirligig beetle. Each garden creature expresses a desire to be like someone else, ending with the dragonfly who wishes to be like a child who can run, jump, laugh, play, count, build, and more."--

When the bees in his yard go on strike, everything goes wrong for Benedict, until he finds a way to bring them back.

A New York Times Notable Book: "A melodious mix of memoir, nature journal, and beekeeping manual" (Kirkus Reviews).
Weaving a vivid portrait of her own life and her bees' lives, author Sue Hubbell lovingly describes the ins and outs of beekeeping on her small Missouri farm, where the end of one honey season is the start of the next. With three hundred hives, Hubbell stays busy year-round tending to the bees and harvesting their...