Nicholas Cricket

All night long ladybugs strut and toads sashay, snap-turtles swing, and grasshoppers sway as the Bug-a-Wug Crickets play. Then at dawn, the dancers return to their trees and hollows, and all is quiet . . . at least for the day. Here is a spirited, whimsical celebration of summer nights, complemented by Silliam Joyce's lush, full-color paintings.