SoundVision, a Muslim organization that “cultivates harmony among neighbors through art, media, strategic communication, and education” recently reviewed Hey, Little Ant. “In the enchanting microcosm of Hey, Little Ant, Phillip and Hannah Hoose invite readers to tiptoe into the six-legged shoes of an insect and embark on a journey that transcends the boundaries of size,… Read more »
What does the world need more than a “Building Empathy Library”? Hey, Little Ant is honored to join such strong books in Lakeshore Learning’s collection.
We thank Morah Basha from Chabad Early Learning Center (CELM) in NYC for sharing Hey, Little Ant with her students. Ms. Basha notes on CELM’s blog that the book “was a great opportunity to learn about the Mitzvah of “Tza’ar Ba’alei Chayim,” not to give pain to the living creatures Hashem created.” We say, “Shabbat… Read more »
Some may say we are making a mountain of of a mole hill, but we beg to differ. Anthill by E.O. Wilson is a mountain of a book be you human or ant. E.O. Wilson, Pulitzer Prize–winning nonfiction author, Harvard entomology professor, and friend to Hey, Little Ant has created a stunner of a coming… Read more »
The Maine Sunday Telegram wrote up a nice piece about the Hey, Little Ant Essay Challenge. The article by Ray Routhier featured Phil Hoose’s visit with the swell kids at the Friends School of Portland. Quoted from Article: “When I was younger, when ants would come out of their house, I would squish them,” said… Read more »
From a thoughtful second grader: “I think the boy shouldn’t squish the ant because he should think about his actions. He should think about how it would feel to be like the ant. What if he was the ant and the ant was him? If the kid hurts the ant and the ant had a… Read more »
Thanks to all the great work that Prof. Patricia Dean at Salisbury University has doing to promote the Challenge, entries have been pouring in from Maryland. This from a third grader — “I think the kid should leave the ant alone because ants are like people too, except they are tiny, red or black, they… Read more »