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Phillip M. Hoose (born May 31, 1947) is an American writer of books, essays, stories, songs, and articles. His first published works were written for adults, but he turned his attention to children and young adults to keep up with his daughters.
Ciardi's ant, John J. Plenty, is so bent upon saving that he eats very little of what he has saved. Meanwhile, Fiddler Dan the grasshopper and his non-conforming ant wife survive the winter without help and resume playing music with the return of spring. Ambrose Bierce has two variant of the tale in his Fantastic Fable. In the first, "The ...
In Philip Nel's analysis, a conflict between the book's plot and its illustrations leads to artistic tension. While the ants' return to the colony suggests "a victory for the bosses" and the narrative could be considered a "capitalist parable", the comparatively huge appliances in the kitchen, which terrify the ants, imply conspicuous consumption.
The Grasshopper & the Ants, by Jerry Pinkney, is a 2015 adaptation of the classic Aesop fable where a grasshopper relaxes through Spring, Summer, and Autumn, while a colony of ants work at gathering food for the Winter, but although initially refusing the grasshopper's request for help, they relent and invite him in to share.
The Ant and the Elephant is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Bill Peet and was adapted into a family musical for the stage. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Published by HMH Books for Young Readers in 1972, it is based on the Aesop Fable entitled The Dove and the Ant .
The little fire ant (Wasmannia auropunctata), also known as the electric ant, is a small (approx 1.5 mm (1 ⁄ 16 in) long), light to golden brown (ginger) social ant native to Central and South America, now spread to parts of Africa (including Gabon and Cameroon), Taiwan, [2] North America, Puerto Rico, [3] Israel, [4] [5] Cuba, St. Croix and six Pacific Island groups (including the ...
They find a species of large black ant that has evolved advanced intelligence and has used it to make tools and organize aggression. Before arriving in Badama, Captain Gerilleau encounters a cuberta [2] which has been taken over by the ants, which have killed and mutilated two sailors. After Capt. Gerilleau sends his second in command ...
The Ant Bully (ISBN 0590395912) is a 1999 children's book drawn and written by John Nickle. It is about a young boy named Lucas, who is the title character in the book and who likes to torment ants. It was later adapted into the 2006 animated film The Ant Bully by John A. Davis, produced by Legendary Pictures and DNA Productions for Warner Bros ...