The Life Cycle of an Ant

by Hadley Dyer, Bobbie Kalman

Watching an ant carry a crumb across a sidewalk holds great fascination for children. Children will certainly be eager to read more about this industrious insect in The Life Cycle of an Ant. The fascinating text is accompanied by full-color images and illustrations, which help describe - an ant's body - it's habitat - the stages of ant metamorphosis: egg, larva, pupa, and adult - the roles of workers, males, and queens in the colony - the importance of ants to the environment

Genres: Nonfiction

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Hadley Dyer is the author of Here So Far Away, Johnny Kellock Died Today, winner of the Canadian Library Association's Book of the Year for Children Award, and other acclaimed titles for children and young adults. She has worked in the children’s book industry for more than twenty years and for multiple organizations promoting the cause of literacy and reading, including CODE, IBBY Canada, and the Canadian Children's Book Centre. Raised in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, she now resides in Toronto.

Reviews

[Rosemary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nicely laid out, good photos and information, but not the bite-sized text I was looking for. Would be worth coming back to.