Author: Janell Cannon
Illustrator: Janell Cannon
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Illutration
Theme: Bullying
Primary and Secondary characters: Ants, Crickwing, other animals
Awards, date of publication: 2005
Publishing company: Voyager
This is the story of an unfortuante cockroach named Crickwing, called this because of a twisted wing earned when fleeing a predator. Crickwing finds hes has a talent for food presentation: He is a food sculptor! He builds his creations out of roots, leaves and petals, and then eats them...when he can. Crickwing is constantly thwarted by lizards, ocelots and food-stealing monkeys. As he watches thousands of busy leaf-cutting ants, he wonders why isnt anyone bothering these little bullies. Thus, a bully is born. Crickwing harasses the ants until their Queen orders him to be captured and offered as a sacrifice to the army ants. Luckily, kind leaf-cutters set him free, and he redeems himself by using his special talents to rid the leaf-cutters of the army ants once and for all. Cannon's illustrations are beautiful and catching, guaranteed to enrapture the most reluctant reader. This would be great to introduce bullying prevention. Teaching the students that bullying is not good. You could incorporate this book into almost any lesson.
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