Hey There, Stink Bug!

Hey There, Stink Bug! — page 3 — 2008 First paperback edition Text copyright 2006 by Leslie Bulion Illustrations copyright 2006 by Leslie Evans All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form Charlesbridge and colophon are registered trademarks of Charlesbridge Publishing Inc Published by Charlesbridge 85 Main Street Watertown MA 02472 617 926-0329 www charlesbridge com 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 notes Provided by publisher ISBN 978-1-58089-304-6 reinforced for library use ISBN 978-1-58089-340-4 softcover 1 Insects Juvenile literature I Evans Leslie 1953 ill II Title QL467 2 B85 2006 595 7 dc22 2005019627 Printed in China hc 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 sc 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 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 Printed and bound by Everbest Printing Company Ltd through Four Colour Imports Ltd Louisville Kentucky Production supervision by Brian G Walker Designed by Susan Mallory Sherman 6

Hey There, Stink Bug! — page 4 — 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 Beetlemania 36 Watch Your Step 37 Glossary 38 Poetry Notes 40 Resources 45 Acknowledgments 45 7

Hey There, Stink Bug! — page 5 — Go Buggy Do you think butterflies are ornamental Are marching ants just accidental Are lady beetles sentimental Take a closer look They’ve 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 8

Hey There, Stink Bug! — page 6 — This is an insect world with humans in it We’ll seize the day but they will win it You’ve been forewarned now let’s begin it Take a closer look at BUGS 9

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