This book, "Once Upon A Time" (a story of talking insects), is an entertaining easy reader. It is geared toward the special needs and/or the general, elementary education population. This book lists and give pictures of nine insects (butterfly, ant, ladybug, roach, house fly, honey bee, beetle, grasshopper and mosquito). The opening part of this story tells that, although insects are known to be a pest, but in this story they are at their best. Each sentence begins with, "Once upon a time," after which, an insect starts talking and rhyming about it's name in short sentences.