Synopsis
How would it be, to be an ant?
You might be black, blue, brown, or red. You would have six legs and a body with just three parts. You might live inside a dead tree or under a rock. Rain, toads, and even other ants might be your enemies. When you put yourself in an ant's place and think about things from the ant's point of view, the world is quite different.
Children's Literature
Brenner asks readers to consider what it would be like to live out your life as an ant. Would you want to be an ant that cares for the eggs and larvae, or a food gatherer or perhaps a warrior who guards the nest? She fills the books with fascinating facts that are captured in the bold colorful illustrations by Schwartz. Given the size of ants, the pictures greatly enlarge these tiny creatures to reveal the body structure, relationship to food sources and predators. It might make one think again before dispatching one of these pesky critters.