Ants

by Deborah Hodge, Julian Mulock (Illustrator)

This book in the Denver Museum Insect Books series uses detailed photos, illustrations and activities to teach kids all about ants.

32 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2004

About the author

Deborah Hodge is the award-winning author of 25 books for children. She specializes in writing engaging nonfiction for primary aged children. Her most recent title is Up We Grow! A Year in the Life of a Small, Local Farm, a book on sustainable farming and where our food comes from. Her other work includes, The Kids Book of Canada's Railway, winner of the Information Book Award of Canada, and Lily and the Mixed-up Letters, named an Outstanding Book for Young People with Disabilities. Deborah is a former primary teacher and curriculum writer for the BC Ministry of Education. She lives in Vancouver, Canada.

Reviews

[Autumn Yoon · Rating 3 out of 5]

This books is filled with interesting facts about ants!
It would be great for a lesson on ants, or even on insects. A teacher could use this book in conjunction with another book about a different insect. Students could compare/contrast the 2 bugs!
Great book for grades K-3.

[Kristin Waitkus]

K-3, Non-fiction, great book to use to teach insect unit on ants. Wonderful pictures and very interesting facts. The kids love to learn about these creepy crawling creatures and this book has some up close pictures that are really fun to look at.

[Sheila · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of interesting facts about ants. My boys are passionate about pokemon, and by extention, have some interest in insects. We had some good conversations while reading this.