This book covers the topic of ants and their role. It is a picture book in which the actions of the ants are depicted in each illustration. It has the reader get in the mindset of an ant; it tells them to think about being an ant using the description of what an ant looks like; small, big eyes. This book would be fit for a child in third grade or younger. Almost every child has come into contact with ants so the topic is relevant to children too young to even be in school. While reading through the picture book there are not many words that would be unfamiliar to children. This allows the book to reach many audiences. I enjoyed this book. It allows children to relate to ants using statements such as, "Think about living in dark places. But imagine lots of company - sisters, brothers, a family." The sentence structure is also kept fairly simplistic. It allows the facts to be shared and children to grasp what is being said but it could've been done in a more stylistic approach. I really enjoyed the last page of the book. This takes it to another level for comprehension. Every ant shown was depicting an ant you would see in real life. There is a list provided with the types of ants shown and activities they may be seen doing. Overall this was a great, informative book which allows many age groups to get different concepts out of the story. ( )

Informational text all about ants.
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The main idea or message of this book is to inform the audience about what it would be like to be an ant. The book is very informative about the whole life of an ant. It goes over many different characteristics of an ant, anything from what they eat to how they work as a team to help the queen survive and produce another queen so the species can move forward. ( )

I really liked this book that described the life of an ant for young readers. The language was clear but descriptive and the illustrations really helped visualize the author’s text. This informational text about ants outlined the most important things in an ants life and their perspective of the world from the ground up. The book goes into detail about what the ants eat, where they live and how they work together to survive. I love how easy it is to read and the little amounts of text on each page really draw your attention to the illustrations. The images are very detailed and realistic showing all parts of the surrounding ant environment. This allows students to get a closer look at something they normally don’t pay attention to on a day to day basis. Overall the big idea is that, children most likely don’t know too much about ants, however this book will help them visualize and further understand the life of an ant. ( )

In my opinion, this is a great book. I liked this book because it was very engaging. Throughout the story, the author directly spoke to the reader, telling him/her to imagine instances that they would face if they were ants. The author asked questions like, "if you were an ant, what would you be afraid of?" I also liked that the illustrations represented what the author was writing about. It could be challenging to picture how ants eat, and where they live without a visual, so I think this was a critical part of the book. The big idea of this story was to explain a multitude of facts about ants to the readers. ( )