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picture book · Grades K-1

Busy Ants

Kanchan Bannerjee

Follow the ants in this book. They are sure to keep young readers busy. This book is one of the four books in the 'Animals Around Us' series.

Grades
Grades K-1
Kind
picture book
Length
252 words, about 1 min
Text
Original text

Busy Ants

Kanchan Bannerjee

Picture for page 1

Hello, I am the fourth one in the line. Can you see me?


Picture for page 2

Left, right, left, right. We walk silently in a line.


Picture for page 3

I just got an idea. I am going to get a set of WHEELS to move faster!


Picture for page 4

We are not noisy like other animals. Ours is a language of smells.


Picture for page 5

One kind of smell says, “Follow me this way for a feast.”


Picture for page 6

Another smell says, “Danger! Do not go there.”


Picture for page 7

I love cakes and all kinds of sweets, just like you.


Picture for page 8

Want to see my muscles at work? I may look very tiny to you, but I am very strong.


Picture for page 9

Never mind if the door is shut. I can slip through the smallest crack.


Picture for page 10

Believe it or not, hundreds of us live happily in a colony.


Picture for page 11

LET US LEARN SOME NEW WORDS.
Small - Big
Slow - Fast
Short - Tall
Thin - Fat
Hard - Soft
Noisy - Quiet
Here are some words with their opposites. Can you make a sentence for each pair of opposite words?
For example, ‘An ant is small; an elephant is big’.
“As busy as an ant” is a nice way to describe someone who is very hard working.

Source and license

CC BY 4.0. Published by Pratham Books on StoryWeaver. Original source.