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The Ant Bully
by
John Nickle
Lucas wishes he could squash that big bully Sid like a bug. But Lucas is too little, and so he bullies the ants instead. Feature film coming Summer 2006!
Lucas is picked on by the neighborhood bully, and in turn terrorizes the ant colony. The ants create a potion that shrinks Lucas to the size of an ant. They put him on trial, and find him guilty of crimes against the colon...more
Lucas is picked on by the neighborhood bully, and in turn terrorizes the ant colony. The ants create a potion that shrinks Lucas to the size of an ant. They put him on trial, and find him guilty of crimes against the colon...more
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
July 1st 2006
by Scholastic Inc.
(first published 1999)
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The Ant Bully is a subtle lesson to teach kids what it is like to be a bully and to be bullied and how its evil passes from one kid to another. Lucas, with funny glasses and a strange hat, is bullied by neighborhood meanie, Sid. Lucas, in turn, bullies something smaller than himself, a colony of ants. When the ants have had enough, they work together to teach Lucas a lesson. Lucas slowly realizes how his bullying is destroying the ant's colony and the queen gives Lucas a job to finally redeem hi...more
Children never think about the insect world much, I know I never did as a child. This cute little book not only teaches kids about the lives of ants but also the importance of leaving nature as it is. This poor fellow gets bullied and thus takes out his anger by bullying the ants. A cute little tale on respecting others as well as nature.
Cute and simple, with the message "treat others the way you would want to be treated", and "you never know how some one feels until you are in their shoes". Simple text and eye catching graphics will make this sometimes sensitive topic an enjoyable read.
Grades K-3. Lucus becomes a bully (to ants) when he is bullied by an older child. Good book to use with bullies who might be taking their aggression/frustration out on younger/smaller classmates.
I read this book to my kindergarten class. They really enjoyed the illustrations. It is about bullying which led into a good lesson about how to be a good friend.
Funny and fanatical book about bullies. Interesting to see the life of an ant and how they view humans or "bullies". Good classroom tool if bullying is present.
This is a great book to discuss bullying and conflict. My four year old thinks this book is mean and doesn't like how the ants are treated.
Frank was totally fascinated by this book, and read it many times by himself in addition to all the times he had me read it to him.
Good story to show that bullying others just because you are bullied is not a good choice.
Cute story-I was glad that Sid the bully was shrunk at the end!
I read this with my little brother and he loved it :)
Great book about bullying.
JEAR3-Nic
This isn't the world's greatest story, but it went over really well as a read-aloud. The kids were initially interested because of the movie that came out last year, but they also got into the plot and the surprise ending. The illustrations are nice and big, which is helpful for a read-aloud, but I'm not sure how much of the detail comes through for the kids in the back row.
We enjoyed this book a lot. We would talk about how cool it would be if you could go into an ant hill. They work too hard so we wouldn't stay long!:)
Cute story about a young boy taking his frustrations out on ants. The queen ant gets back at him and teaches him a valuable lesson.
We've had some trouble with our 4 year old bullying his little brother and this seemed to give him something to think about.
I didn't think our girls would like this book, but they love it!
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