Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg
	List Price:   $21.95 Unit Price:   $17.56 You Save:   $4.39 (20%) ISBN-10:   0395486688 ISBN-13:   9780395486689 Publisher:   Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Edition:   1, Teachers Edition, Instructors Manual, etc., illustrated Category:   Agriculture, Picture Books Pub. Date:   October 1988 Pages:   32 Format:   Hardcover; Reinforced binding Ages:   5 to 8 Grades:   0 to 3
Awards
1992  Children's Picture StoryBook Award (USA)  Winner!  1993  Children's Book Award (Maryland) (USA)  Winner!  1991  Washington Children's Choice Picture Book (USA)  Winner!
Subjects
PICTURE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN PICTURE BOOKS
Description/Notes
Two ants who decide to stay behind in the sugar bowl after a crystal-gathering expedition are nearly drowned in a cup of coffee, roasted in a toaster, and blown apart in a garbage disposal before they find their way home again. Recommended. Even older readers will relish, with the odd sense of humor children exhibit, what happens to these two rebels; this is no homage to Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Two Bad Mice. The ants get boiled in coffee, toasted by a familiar household appliance, and even shocked by an electric outlet. Were the sugar crystals worth it? Readers will have to decide for themselves. The story of 2 adventuresome ants. When two bad ants desert from their colony, they experience a dangerous adventure that convinces them to return to their former safety. The three-time Caldecott medalist tells the tale of two ants who decide to leave the safety of the others to venture into a danger-laden kitchen. 'Children will be fascinated by the ant-eye view that Van Allsburg provides of common everyday items.' The tale of two ants who decide to leave the safety of the others to venture into a danger-laden kitchen. 'Children will be fascinated by the ant-eye view thatVan Allsburg provides of common everyday items . . '.--Booklist. Full color.