A small red ant finds a delicious crumb in a Mexican cornfield but is afraid that she's not strong enough to move it herself. She goes from one creature to the next, looking for help, and is surprised to discover who is the strongest of all. "A satisfying Mexican version of the rock-scissors-paper fable, accompanied by simple but expressive pictures." -- School Library Journal
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Kindergarten-Grade 3–The poor little red ant! Of the thousand of ants that live in her anthill in a cornfield in Mexico, she is the smallest of all. So when she finds a huge crumb of delicious torta (cake), she sets off to find someone to carry it back home for her. Though she is the smallest, the little red ant is also pretty savvy. She doesn't get too close to the long-tongued lizard, or stray into the spider's web. By the time she scares a man away from the cornfield, the little red ant has figured out the moral of this Mexican version of an old fable retold by Shirley Climo and illustrated by Francisco Mora (Clarion Books, 1995): "You can do it if you think you can." Spanish words in the text are understandable in context, but a glossary is also included. Lively background music throughout enhances the tale. Reader Diego Arciniegas varies the voices so each character is distinct. This enjoyable tale has page-turn signals on one side of the cassette and narration only on the other.–Judy Czarnecki, Chippewa River District Library System, Mt. Pleasant, MI
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"A satisfying Mexican version of the rock-scissors-paper fable, accompanied by simple but expressive pictures." School Library Journal
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Once upon a time, there was a little red ant,she was the only one who was different from her family.she was more shorter than her family members,her red color was more darker than the rest of the family members.One day she was looking for food,for the winter,so she can put her food in her small house.sudenly,she found a big crumb of cake,she was surprise and wonder that she wanted to take home,but there was a problem, she was too little to carry, then she was looking for help with the rest of the animals from that place, but no one help her.But she never give up and she found a alligator,that was trying to eat her,and she scape and she said that she can carry that big crumb of cake,and she did,and she knew that no matter how small she was, you never have to give up.
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Great kids book!,
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This review is from: The Little Red Ant And The Great Big Crumb (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (School & Library Binding)
Nicely written and beautifully illustrated children's fable. Everything you want in a children's book. I'm giving it to my grandaughter!
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Great resource for unit on ants to teach ESL for pk-k.
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- Travel the Globe: Multicultural Story Times by Desiree Webber on page 186, and page 187
- Sing Me a Story! Tell Me a Song!: Creative Curriculum Activities for Teachers of Young Children by Hilda Jackman on page 236
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- Make-Believe Games Activities for Imaginative Play: A Book for Parents, Teachers, and the Young Children in Their Lives by Jerome L. Singer in Back Matter
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