The Little Red Ant and the Great Big Crumb: A Mexican Fable - Hardcover

Climo, Shirley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395707323 ISBN 13: 9780395707326

Publisher: Clarion Books, 1995

Synopsis

With the inclusion of Spanish words to add to the story's Mexican flavor, a modern retelling of an old fable native to Spain, Portugal, and France offers a surprising lesson about what it means to be strong.

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PreSchool-Grade 2?A satisfying Mexican version of the rock-scissors-paper fable, accompanied by simple but expressive pictures. A tiny ant finds a crumb too heavy to lift and begs help from the lizard, who is so strong he can blow down an anthill. The lizard refuses, however, for he is cold and must wait for the sun to warm him. The ant finds a creature stronger than the sun, the rooster, and then discovers that the rooster is afraid of the coyote, who fears the man, who in turn respects the stinging power of the ant. When the ant puts all these events in order, she lifts and carries her own little burden with confidence. Mora's watercolor pictures zoom down to the insect's level, eliminating most details and leaving only the subtle shading of animals' bodies, leaves, and corn stalks. The Spanish words sprinkled throughout can usually be understood in context, but a glossary is appended just in case.?Ruth Semrau, formerly at Lovejoy School, Allen, TX
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About this edition

• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0395707323
• ISBN 13: 9780395707326
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 38
• Illustrator: Mora Francisco X.