You've Been Invited To The Ugly Bug Ball

When Ms. Ruhl was a little girl on her beloved island of Aruba, her father built a compost pit behind the garage. Many bugs worked hard to turn the coffee grounds, orange peels, and egg shells into rich soil for use in his flower garden. Ms. Ruhl's favorite bugs were the rollie pollies or pill bugs because when she tickled their tummies they curled up into little balls. Scorpions turned up in shoes at camp. They were not cute at all! She hopes you will find a favorite bug to care for. Maybe you will be a bee keeper or raise caterpillars into beautiful butterflies.