We Love Bugs: 31 Classic Insect Poems for Kids

By Emily Dickinson

It seems that every kid goes through a “bug” phase. When your child or classroom can’t resist collecting caterpillars, ladybugs, and crickets, this collection of poems makes a fun and educational companion. This book contains 31 poems and nursery rhymes that are perfect for budding entomologists and those who haven’t outgrown their sense of wonder when seeing a spider’s silken web. Familiar favorites like “The Ants go Marching” and “Itsy Bitsy Spider” are joined by poems from English literature’s finest like Emily Dickinson, John Donne, Christina Rosetti, William Wordsworth and more. This book features a fully-linked table of contents and a sprinkling of whimsical insect illustrations.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Mar 20, 2013
• ISBN: 9781623954048

Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life, but today is considered to be one of the most influential poets in American history.

Book preview

Ladybird, Ladybird

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Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home,

Your house in on fire and your children are gone,

All except one and her name is Ann,

And she crept under the frying pan.

Fiddle Dee-Dee

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Fiddle-dee-dee, fiddle-dee-dee,

The fly has married the bumblebee.

Said the fly, said he,

"Will you marry me,

And live with me sweet bumblebee?"

Fiddle-dee-dee, fiddle-dee-dee,

The fly has married the bumblebee.

Ladybugs

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I saw a little lady bug flying in the air,

But when I tried to catch her, two bugs were there.

Two little lady bugs flew up in a tree.

I tiptoed very quietly, and then I saw three.

Three little lady bugs - I looked for one more.

I saw one sitting on the ground, that made four.

Four little lady bugs - another one arrived.

I saw her sitting on a flower, and that made five.

Five little lady bugs, all red and black -

I clapped my hands and shouted, and they all flew back!

I Know a Beetle

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I

Reviews for We Love Bugs

[skstiles612 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is a book of thirty-one poems about bugs. These range from nursery rhymes we remember as a child, “Little Miss Muffet”, to those I was not familiar with. Read wonderful poems by well known poets like Emily Dickinson and John Keats. This is a great book to share with your children or grand-children.