Angela Banner first wrote Ant and Bee as a way to teach her son how to read. The first book in the series was published in 1950. Since then, Angela has written & illustrated 22 Ant and Bee books.
I bought a shiny new copy of this book and it has a wonderful smell. It's a fun book to read with a child and introduce them to their first words, which are highlighted in red. It is one of a series that each tell an Ant and Bee adventure following the alphabet. This leads to some rather fantastic and surrealistic happenings. My children enjoyed these books when they were little and so did I, and I still find them enjoyable. This is the first in the series.