Buzzy and the Little Critters: A Curious Tale of a Cicada Invasion

Buzzy and the Little Critters: A Curious Tale of a Cicada Invasion is a story about a boy a girl a grandpa thousands of cicadas and lots of other hungry critters. The grandpa (an entomologist) helps the children satisfy their curiosity about their own nature as well as the nature of these amazing cicada bugs who can live underground for seventeen years before they come out buzzing. Buzzy and the Little Critters was inspired by Dr. Roscoe E. Hill the father of author / illustrator Kenton R. (Ken) Hill. When Dr. Hill Professor of Entomology was asked by a newspaper reporter to explain why cicadas make that loud buzzing noise he simply replied It is just the nature of the little critters.