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  • What Does an Anteater Eat?

What Does an Anteater Eat?

Author
Illustrator
Ross Collins
Publication Date
July 09, 2019
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  K − 1st
Language
English
Format
Picture Book
What Does an Anteater Eat?

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Description

"The silliness should have little listeners asking for repeat readings." --Kirkus Reviews.

Anteater is hungry, but he has completely forgotten what anteaters eat. Baffled, and with his tummy rumbling, he consults the other animals. Sloth is too busy, Toucan is clueless, and Crocodile has his own mouth full. Whatever will Anteater do? It isn't until the ants all run for their lives that Anteater remembers what he should be eating . . . and it's not what you think! A delightfully silly tale that little ones will return to again and again.

Publication date
July 09, 2019
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781536205916
Publisher
Candlewick Press (MA)
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV002160 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Mammals
JUV050000 - Juvenile Fiction | Cooking & Food
Library of Congress categories
Humorous stories
Animals
Picture books
Anteaters

Publishers Weekly

A straightforward question gets twisted into a silly resolution in this latest from Collins (Singing Dad and Other Stories). "I'm hungry," announces a bushy-tailed, long-nosed anteater at the outset; the problem is that it doesn't know what it's supposed to eat. ("I know this sounds odd," the polite but befuddled protagonist admits.) Unfortunately, when he tries asking other animals for help, their self-absorption limits their ability to advise. A sloth is too busy lying around. A toucan and self-declared "melon expert" suggests watermelon (anatomical differences pose an insurmountable challenge for the long-snouted hero). And a python, lumpy with earlier meals, recommends that "you chew your food." Comic tension builds as ants march quietly through the spreads, their count increasing each time a new animal is approached (a subtle thread that eagle-eyed young readers will enjoy following). Expressive creatures done in watercolor and charcoal display distinct personalities, especially the likable but oblivious star. When the anteater at last stumbles upon an anthill beneath a banana tree, it seems like the tale can only end one way--until the scramming ants reveal an unexpected conclusion. Ages 2-5. (July)

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Ross Collins
Ross Collins grew up in Glasgow, Scotland, and won the Macmillan Children's Book Prize while in college. He has gone on to win a Scottish Arts Council Award and was short-listed for the Kate Greenaway Medal for The Elephantom.