The King of All Tickle Bugs and Other Stories

By Crystal R. Kenner

Get ready to enter a magical world of tickle bugs, ice cream monsters, imaginary friends, and grumpy old bears! The King of All Tickle Bugs and Other Stories is a fun-filled romp through the wonders of a childs imagination.

Intended for young readers, this collection of short stories takes you to far-off kingdoms and places in your own backyard. In The King of All Tickle Bugs, five tickle bugs that live in a huge castle must help their hurt animal friends in the forest. A spotted pig tries to fit in with the other pigs and accept his friend, Mr. Muddwho may or may not existin The Spotted Pig and Mr. Mudd. Its a wild ride when The Ice Cream Monster Goes to the Zoo and then heads out to every freezer in the neighborhood!

Full of enchanting illustrations and lots and lots of adventure, The King of All Tickle Bugs and Other Stories will enchant young and old alike!

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: May 10, 2011
• ISBN: 9781450294676

Crystal R. Kenner

Crystal R. Kenner is a former teacher. In her spare time, she enjoys writing children’s books. She currently lives in California.

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ISBN: 978-1-4502-9466-9 (pbk)

ISBN: 978-1-4502-9467-6 (ebk)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2011906637

Printed in the United States of America

iUniverse rev. date: 6/18/11

Contents

The King of All Tickle Bugs

The Spotted Pig and Mr. Mudd

Chickety Chick

THE ICE CREAM MONSTER GETS A TUMMYACHE

SYDNEY’S BLANKET IS MISSING

The Grumpy Old Bear

THE ICE CREAM MONSTER GOES TO THE ZOO

The King of All Tickle Bugs

Copyright date: May 27, 2010

Tickle bugs are yellow, blue, pink, red, gray, and brown. They all have different jobs and responsibilities.

The yellow tickle bug is friendly, and he takes care of the arms.

The blue tickle bug is shy, and he takes care of the feet.

The pink tickle bug likes to sing, and he takes care of the heart.

The red tickle bug is cool and likes to strut his stuff. He also takes care of the legs.

The gray tickle bug is the king and has wisdom. The king gives his tickle bugs advice and helps them with problems they can’t solve.

The brown tickle bug likes to play a lot. He takes care of the whole body.

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Turtle family having a picnic.

One day the Turtle family was having a picnic in the park. Mother and Father Turtle were entertaining their guests.

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Baby turtle crying.

Baby Turtle fell down and hit his head on a rock near the pond. The baby turtle cried as he crawled over to the picnic table.

The mother turtle called on the brown tickle bug. The brown tickle bug, who likes to play a lot, flew down and tickled the baby turtle’s head. The baby turtle stopped crying and crawled back into the pond to play.

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Squirrel fell out of the tree.

A squirrel fell out of a tree in the forest and hurt his leg. He whined and whined. He couldn’t stop whining. He called the red tickle bug.

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Squirrel collecting nuts.

The red tickle bug flew down, wearing his cool hat and sunglasses. He tickled the squirrel’s leg with his ticklers. The squirrel felt so good that he gathered a pile of nuts and seeds for the winter.

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