Ant Attack!: Ants (Science Solves It! ®)
Brand: Kane Press
Color: Multicolor
Categories: Books, Children's Books, Animals



Grade level: 2 and up
Dimensions: 6.75 x 0.25 x 9.25 inches
Reading age: 5 - 7 years
ISBN-10: 1575651173
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Print length: 32 pages
Publication date: August 1, 2006
ISBN-13: 978-1575651170
Part of series: Science Solves It! ®
Lexile measure: 450L
Language: English
subtitle: Paperback – August 1, 2006
author: Anne James Anthony Lewis
review: Editorial Reviews From School Library Journal Kindergarten-Grade 3-This series seeks to demonstrate through story that science is an integral part of a child's everyday life. Here, Jenny discovers ants in her secret candy stash. Wishing to keep them out, and to prevent her younger brother from following the ant trail and discovering the candy, she does a little research. In the course of the story, Jenny observes the intrepid ants in action, asks questions about their behavior, and looks for answers through simple experiments. Her problems are solved by story's end when she seals her candy in a plastic bag and diverts the ants with another sweet, with her brother none the wiser. Though the text is bolstered by colorful cartoons, including drawings of a book of nature facts that allow children to read along with Jenny, the story is tedious. It dutifully introduces youngsters to the scientific method without engaging them in a compelling narrative. An end page suggests science-related activities. Chris Van Allsburg's Two Bad Ants (Houghton, 1988) may be more successful at sparking early scientific curiosity about the natural world. Mary Ann Carcich, Mattituck-Laurel Public Library, Mattituck, NY Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. About the Author Anne James is a nom de plume for a husband and wife writing team who live in Crozet, Virginia. Their books have been published by Harper-Collins, Golden Books, North South Books, DC Comics, and other publishers. Anthony Lewis and his wife, Kathryn, live with their cats Thomas, Maurice, and Jasper, in Cheshire, England. Since graduating with First Class Honors from the Liverpool School of Art in 1989, Anthony has illustrated more than 200 children’s books.