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 »
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 »
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 »