The Boastful Centipede and Other Creatures in Verse is a witty collection of short poems that explores the habits, eccentricities, and lives of the tiny animals often ignored or feared in our backyards.
- The Boastful Centipede: The titular character serves as a humorous centerpiece, bragging about its seemingly endless legs and confidently comparing itself to other less-legged beings.
- The Cobra: Sheds light on the truth behind snake charmers. The poems reveal that this famous snake is entirely deaf to the flute’s music and only “dances” by following the instrument’s visual movements.
- The Hermit Crab: Highlights the housing crisis of the insect and crustacean world, depicting a creature without its own shell constantly searching for one that fits just right.
- The Cockroach: Provides a fun, reversed perspective, exploring exactly what a cockroach thinks and feels when humans run away screaming from it.
- Other Insects and Reptiles: The book also gives a poetic voice to Pooch (the mongoose), scorpions, skinks, turtles, and ant lions, urging young readers to appreciate the fascinating ecology right under their noses.
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