The Waga-Laga Bugs are a family of three beetles: one larger, blue-green, and roach-like; one pinky-orange and antlered; and one yellow and child-sized with glasses. More than anything, the Waga-Laga Bugs love to play. They try to convince the bees to join them, but they\u2019re too busy preparing for a storm, as are the ants, ladybugs, spider, and caterpillar. All these would-be playmates warn the Waga-Laga Bugs of the approaching danger. A butterfly tells them: \u201cCareful, Waga-Laga Bugs! If all you do is play, \/ you may not have the things you need when TROUBLE comes your way.\u201d But the Waga-Laga Bugs won\u2019t listen, instead offering a denial whose repeated refrain children will boisterously embrace: \u201cBut the Waga-Laga Bugs said, Nah. NO WAY! \/ We only wanna Waga-Laga, Taga-Laga, PLAY!\u201d This carefree life philosophy gets curtailed by a spectacular, lightning-skewered, two-page \u201cBOOM\u201d when the storm hits. The Waga-Laga Bugs learn their lesson, and they start helping the others when there\u2019s work to be done. Chitty narrates in rhyming couplets whose trochaic heptameter (and occasional octameter) gives the text a chanty, twisty, clap-along momentum. Attema-Welte brings the action to life through lusciously textured, watery, smudgy illustrations that burst with joy and yet embrace the darker end of the rainbow spectrum. A three-page factual addendum supplements the learnings already imparted.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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