Mélanie Watt writes her books both in French and English. She is the bestselling creative genius behind many beloved picture books for children, including the Scaredy Squirrel series and the Chester series. At Wordfest, she presents Bug in a Vacuum, about a fly whose entire life changes with the switch of a button.

Bug in a Vacuum

A bug flies through a door into a house, through a bathroom, across a kitchen and bedroom and into a living room … where its entire life changes with the switch of a button. Sucked into a vacuum bag, this one little bug moves through denial, bargaining, anger, despair and eventually acceptance – the five stages of grief – as it comes to terms with its fate. Will there be a light at the end of the tunnel? Will there be dust bunnies in the void? A funny, suspenseful and poignant look at the travails of a bug trapped in a vacuum.