Dawn Armstrong of the Lake Tahoe Humane Society and SPCA put together an ‘animal story starter,’ a list of children’s books that “nurture compassion, responsibility and respect.” Hey, Little Ant is honored to be on the list with so many other important books. Where would any of us be, for example, without Dr. Seuss’ The… Read more »
We thank ReadBoston for naming Hey, Little Ant a ‘Top 10 Must Read’ on the In the Know: Boston’s Early Childhood Blog. ReadBoston is a non-profit children’s literacy program that is driven by a mission to have children in Boston reading on grade level by the time they complete third grade. We thank them for… Read more »
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 »
No more devouring a book or eating up a story, please, some of us are Vegetarian Readers! Dr. Jenn in her latest blog entry talks about the health benefits for the whole family of going vegetarian. “It can be helpful to get educated about vegetarianism and nutrition,” says Dr. Jenn, “and also to share books… Read more »
L.A. Lakers star Ron Artest will face the Boston Celtics in game one of the NBA Finals on June 3. One might think that the Portland, Maine based team that created Hey, Little Ant might be pulling for the Celtics, but Artest’s solid taste in children’s literature might just make author Phil Hoose a Lakers… Read more »
For a fabulous dramatization of Hey, Little Ant by a group of second graders at T.C. Cherry Elementary visit School Tube.
Author, Phillip Hoose sang “Hey, Little Ant” to 7,000 graduates and audience members at the University of Southern Maine‘s graduation ceremonies this weekend. “No project ever taught me so much about how to work,” Hoose told the graduates. “To succeed, I had to be tenacious and adaptable.” Not only did Hoose (and the book) get… Read more »
An ant article ran in seven affiliated newspapers in Maryland and Delaware with grand quotes from ANTvisory Board member, Patty Dean, director of Early Childhood Education at Salisbury University. “The book just capitalizes on so many things,” said Patty Dean, director of Early Childhood Education at Salisbury University. “There’s the science aspect: Why do we… Read more »
From a 2nd Grader in the beautiful South: “The boy should not sqishe the ant. If they switced the boy would not like to get killed. The boy is killing nature. ants are a part of nature. The ant’s would not like it. Let the ant live.”