

To travel faster, one ant suggests dividing into two lines of fifty, then four lines of twenty-five, and finally ten lines of ten. The unexpected pairing of sophisticated art and light-hearted text lends this book particular distinction.A rhyming text describes the progress of one hundred ants marching toward a picnic. Horn Book "A first-time author and illustrator are off to an impressive start in this spirited story.

The illustrations, which look like linoleum cuts, use a pleasing palette and energetic lines to depict ants with highly individual characters. Their frantic reorganization takes so long that the picnic is gone by the time they arrive. The unexpected pairing of sophisticated art and light-hearted text lends this book particular distinction., A rhyming text describes the progress of one hundred ants marching toward a picnic. Horn Book, A first-time author and illustrator are off to an impressive start in this spirited story.

The unexpected pairing of sophisticated art and light-hearted text lends this book particular distinction." Publishers Weekly A rhyming text describes the progress of one hundred ants marching toward a picnic. The illustrations, which look like linoleum cuts, use a pleasing palette and energetic lines to depict ants with highly individual characters., "A first-time author and illustrator are off to an impressive start in this spirited story. A rhyming text describes the progress of one hundred ants marching toward a picnic.
