Puss Reboots: Blog: August 2024: There Are No Ants in This Book

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There Are No Ants in This Book: 08/22/24

There Are No Ants in This Book by Rosemary Mosco and Anna Pirolli (Illustrator) (2024) is a picture book introduction to ten species of ants. You weren't expecting a book about an ant-free picnic, were you? That's what the main character is hoping for but doesn't get.

One by one, a different kind of ant appears at the edge of the page. Instead of going right for the picnic food, they introduce themselves and their defining features. Then the afterword has longer descriptions with more accurately drawn illustrations of each kind.

Of course with a book promising none of something, there's bound to be dozens or even thousands of that something. That's the case here, but only after the main character has been introduced to the picnic crashes and come to accept them.

There's also one surprise character at the end to keep young readers on their toes. I think this book would do well during story time.

Five stars