A young spider discovers, day by day, that there is a lot to learn about being a spider, including how to spin webs and avoid vacuum cleaners.

From butterflies and moths to crickets and cicadas, a rhyming exploration of backyard-bug behavior.

A boy, a bear, and a bug enjoy themselves as they go to school, take a ride in a wagon, fly a kite, and paint a picture.

"Ruby does NOT like bugs! Until she's stuck spending time with this one..."--

A newly hatched cricket has a problem getting his wings to chirp. A very quiet cricket who wants to rub his wings together and make a sound as do so many other animals finally achieves his wish. The cricket's sound is reproduced at the end of the book. Annotation. A small cricket hatches "one warm day," and the other insects greet him. Though the little guy wants very much to respond, nothing happens when he rubs his wings together. Finally, as night...

When lonely Miss Spider tries to host a tea party, the other bugs refuse to come for fear of being eaten!

Ms. Frizzle and her class learn all about the world of insects.

Max must return to Bug Island and help the Battle Bugs defeat General Komodo and his fleet of fearsome horned lizards.

The Battle Bugs face assault in three dimensions: lizards in front of them, birds above, poison frogs below. Will Max's daring plan be approved, let alone successful?

Two worms in love decide to get married, and with help from Cricket, Beetle, Spider, and the Bees they have everything they need and more, but which one will be the bride and which the groom?