SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 CLiPPA AWARDS – the UK's leading prize for poetry for children
Discover a secret world thriving right underneath your feet. From beetles to butterflies, spiders to scorpions, meet the most bizarre and awe-inspiring bugs ever to walk the Earth!
Here is the insect kingdom in all its glory – and here is a book that children will want to read over and over again.
Author Simon Mole turns fascinating facts into poems full of humour and heart; Adam Ming’s illustrations are a riot of colour and energy, helping these extraordinary creatures to jump off the page.
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Simon Mole is the poet from the pub, that rapper from the beach, the friendly guy with the big eyes who told that story. His infectious enthusiasm for seeing and re-seeing the world around him is an open invitation for you to do the same. Simon's groundbreaking one-man show `Indiana Jones and the extra chair' sold out two London runs, and tou
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