Customer Reviews

Ant Bully

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I cannot say enough wonderful things about this book. As a student teacher I used this book for a conflict resolution lesson with fourth grade students. They were captivated, enchanted and unable to sit still as we read the story . The Ant Bully is the story of a child who-picked on by the neighborhood bully, in turn picks on ants. The ants decide they have had enough and shrink Lucas down to their size. Lucas learns a lesson, and so do the children. The Ant Bully teaches a wonderful lesson about looking at things from someone else's perspective. It also provides an ending that gives the perfect opportunity for a writing topic. My students could not wait to write their own version of what happens between Sid and Lucas. I recommend this book for any age group- its lesson is that important, and it is that enjoyable a read!

John Nickle's incredible artistic talents are demonstrated in both The Ant Bully and Things That Are Most In The World. His unique style of focal points and colorations has my children looking at them over and over. I look forward to John Nickle's next book.

I loved this book so much when my teacher read it, I had to buy my own copy. I'm a senior in college and I thought it was so cute. It also had a good moral...Be kind to everyone because you never know when you may need them on your side!

My first grade class in Texas loved The Ant Bully so much when I read it aloud in class. Our favorite part was when Sid the neighboorhood bully was skrunken by the ants at the end. We thought Sid would have to work like an ant. We would recommend this book to all the first grade classes around the world.

(I wonder if the orig. author knows of this book/movie? Her name/title do not appear anywhere in the credits) Somewhere around 1966, my third-grade teacher read aloud to our class the story "City Under the Back Steps" by Evelyn Sibley Lampman in which 2 children get shrunk down to ant-size and go to live in the ant colony under their home's back porch, the predecessor to Ant Bully. (search in Amazon for this title and see the reviews) The story teaches thoughtfulness along with "ant facts". Unfortunately, this book is no longer in print but it is so close in story line to Ant Bully, that I'm sure many others will recognize it. If you can get your hands on a copy of City Under The Back Steps, buy it!

The K students understand this book. It is written from the perspective of the boy and the ants. Great lesson about bullying.

Though this book is recommended for older children, our almost 2-year-old has been carrying it around begging we read it to her over and over. It is one of the few books she will sit completely through. The illustrations and life lessons are excellent.

The book came on time in great quality. It was wrapped securely and undamaged.