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Illustrated by
Kat Whelan.
"One little blueberry fell to the ground. / Two tiny red ants spied it from their mound." A parade of insects and arachnids pursue the berry. Their efforts are thwarted by a bird that "swooped down and ate it-- / Gulp! / --right before their eyes." The rhymes, though unremarkable, do scan. Illustrations featuring smiling bugs give little fingers something to count.