Busy ants

Name: Busy ants
Author: Kanchan Bannerjee

by Kanchan Bannerjee

Ages 4–76 min readCuriosity & WonderFree to read

Follow the ants in this book. They are sure to keep young readers busy. This book is one of the four books in the 'Animals Around Us' series.

A bright, chatty little ant turns a walk in a line into a wonder-filled tour of how hard work and teamwork keep a whole colony humming, with a playful opposites game tucked inside.

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Credits & license

Written by Kanchan Bannerjee

Illustrated by Deepa Balsavar

License: CC BY 4.0

Source: Global Digital Library

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Questions to talk about together

The ant says ants talk using smells instead of words. What would a smell that means come this way be like?
The little ant is tiny but very strong. What is something you can do that surprises people?
Can you think of two things that are opposites, like the ant's small and big?