| Description |
31 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm |
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age Age: Children |
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edu Educational level: School children |
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edu Educational level: Kindergartners |
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age Children |
| Note |
HarperCollins bought Houghton Mifflin Company. This is the 45th printing of this title (2022). |
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Chris Van Allsburg (born June 18, 1949) is an American illustrator and writer of children's books. He has won two Caldecott Medals for U.S. picture book illustration, for Jumanji (1981) and The Polar Express (1985), both of which he also wrote; both were later adapted as successful motion pictures. He was also a Caldecott runner-up in 1980 for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. For his contribution as a children's illustrator he was 1986 U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition for creators of children's books. He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Michigan in April 2012. |
| Summary |
When two bad ants desert from their colony, they experience a dangerous adventure that convinces them to return to their former safety. |
| Audience |
Elementary Grade. |
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Ages: 4-9. |
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Grades: PreS-4. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader 4.7. |
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Reading Counts! 3.9. |
| Audience |
780 Lexile. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.7 0.5 5548. |
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Reading Counts RC K-2 3.9 2 Quiz: 11930 Guided reading level: P. |
| Awards |
Georgia Children's Picture Storybook Award, 1991-92 |
| Subject |
Ants -- Juvenile fiction.
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Ants. |
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Ants -- Fiction. |
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JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Insects, Spiders, etc. |
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JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories. |
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JUVENILE FICTION / Concepts / Size & Shape. |
| Genre/Form |
Picture books.
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Picture books.
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Picture books for children.
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Fiction.
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Juvenile works.
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Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Houghton Mifflin Company, publisher.
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| ISBN |
0395486688 (hardcover) |
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9780395486689 (hardcover) |
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9780758738851 |
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0758738854 |
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