An Ant's Day Off | Bonny Becker | Even Ant's need a Break!

An Ant's Day Off | Bonny Becker | Moral of the story: How to break the rules and get away with it.

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An Ant's Day Off

	An Ant's Day Off Bonny Becker Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2003 - 32 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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"Never stop. Never tarry.
An ant who wastes time
will never marry!"

Bart the sand ant has heard these words for as long as he can remember. Never in the history of antdom has an ant taken a day off.

Still, Bart can't help but wonder what it might be like to see what goes on out there in the big, wide world.

"They'll never let you back in!" warns his best friend, Floyd, about leaving the nest. But Bart leaves his mounds of work behind, and discovers just how important it is for an ant to find some time for himself every now and then.

Bonny Becker has written the perfect story for our hectic, overscheduled lives. Nina Laden's illustrations bring the bustling insect world to life with humor and verve.

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Even Ant's need a Break!

Bart is a little different than most ants. He decides one day to take the day off. Why, never in antdom history has this happened! His friend, Floyd, tries to convince him not to, but still he persists. Things are bitter sweet outside the ant hill. He has loads of adventures, such as almost getting eaten by a singing frog and flying with a pollen covered bee. Find out if he can ever return to the ant hill and a few things Bart learned along the way.

Moral of the story: How to break the rules and get away with it.

This book starts off well and you feel sorry for the ant. It seems he is going to escape oppression. However, his character is not very admirable when he finds it is dangerous outside the hill and decides he wants to go back. The only good moral value taught is when he considers lying to get back in the hill, but tells the truth. Even this is tarnished though, when his telling the truth gains him sympathy from the policeman guard and information on how to get away with it next time! When he returns he corrupts his friend to "take a day off" too. The only reason I can give it one star is that you could use this book to discuss what NOT to do!

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