Multcolib School Corps Picks Ants Grade 2
Annotation:Introduces the life cycle of an ant, showing how it changes from an egg to an adult ant.
Annotation:Ants rule the world! This book explores the lives of these hard-working insects.
Annotation:A small red ant finds a crumb in a Mexican cornfield, but she is afraid that she lacks the strength to move it herself and goes off to find an animal that can.
Annotation:A small red ant finds a crumb in a Mexican cornfield, but she is afraid that she lacks the strength to move it herself and goes off to find an animal that can.
Annotation:The text is accompanied by full-color images and illustrations, which help describe an ant's body, its habitat, and its behavior within the colony throughout its life.
Annotation:At a time when every ant has at least fifteen pairs of shoes and disputes over footwear are common, the one and only ant cobbler decides to take some time off, which leads to many tears until the Red Ant provides an elegant solution.
Annotation:In this variation of the old tale of the ant who gathers food for winter, and the grasshopper who does not prepare, there is an unexpected ending.
Annotation:Each chapter begins with a list of interesting facts to whet the reader's appetite. Readers learn why ants behave as they do; how they feed, communicate, and reproduce; and how pollution and habitat destruction are impacting their populations.
Annotation:Summer is the perfect time for a picnic -- and everyone knows that ants love a good picnic! Watermelon and corn on the cob -- yum! But when the sun starts to set, the ants must find their way home after a long afternoon in the park.
Annotation:A song in which an ant pleads with the kid who is tempted to squish it.
Annotation:Learn about the amazing world of army ants.
Annotation:Describes the evolution, physical characteristics, behavior, and social nature of ants.
Annotation:Describes the evolution, physical characteristics, behavior, and social nature of ants.
Annotation:Extraordinary facts abound in this mesmerizing picture book about the fearsome appearances, habitats, and hunting skills of killer ants.
Annotation:Discusses the physiology and life cycle of ants coupled with unusual facts and specific behavior examples of these incredible "social insects."
Annotation:One hundred hungry ants head towards a picnic to get yummies for their tummies, but stops to change their line formation, showing different divisions of one hundred, cause them to lose both time and food in the end.
Annotation:One hundred hungry ants head towards a picnic to get yummies for their tummies, but stops to change their line formation, showing different divisions of one hundred, cause them to lose both time and food in the end.
Annotation:When her father and brother are called away to war, Ma Jiang finds a unique way to trap the orange ants that her mother sells in order to make a living.
Annotation:Simple, evocative text and vibrant illustrations capture the drama and excitement of an army ant parade.
Annotation:Describes the habitat, physical and social characteristics, life cycle, and endangered status of ants.
Annotation:Describes different types of ants and their behavior.
Annotation:Easy to read text with rebuses explores the strength of the ant
Annotation:When two bad ants desert from their colony, they experience a dangerous adventure that convinces them to return to their former safety.
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Materials (in English and Spanish) on ants for grade 2
English
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