Ant Story
By (Author) Jay Hosler
Illustrated by Jay Hosler
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
HarperAlley
4th September 2024
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Insects, spiders, minibeasts
Childrens / Teenage social topics: Environment, sustainability and green issues
741.5973
Winner of Junior Library Guild Selection (United States).
Paperback
160
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
336g
Insect-extraordinaire Jay Hosler is back, this time exploring how we seek to understand ourselves and the world around us through the eyes of one of our worlds tiniest creatures: the ant.
Meet Rubi, a tiny ant with a big personality and an even bigger love for stories. Who knew the small world of her colony could be full of unexpected friendships, epic adventures, and death-defying escapes
Follow Rubi on the journey of a lifetime as she uncovers the mystery and wonder of one of the worlds tiniest, mightiest insects.
Graphic novel fans, lovers of nonfiction, budding ecologists, and readers looking for their next great obsession will be buzzing around this title for years to come. Kirkus Reviews(starred review) Vibrant drawings and Hoslers enthusiasm and knowledge of the natural world combine to form this cheerfully gross depiction of how ants feed and incubate larvae, preserve food, or become food sources themselves, with poop playing a pivotal role in many of Rubis activities. Publishers Weekly A truly lovely coming-of-age tale buzzing with bee facts, this is a honey pot for budding entomologists, naturalists, and scientists of all variety. Booklist
Jay Holser has been a biology professor at Juniata College since 2000. He is currently the Chair of the Biology Department and hold the David K. Goodman, Jr. '74 Endowed Chair in Biology Juniata College. He has received several awards for teaching and earned a grant from the National Science Foundation to create a comic book textbook called Optical Allusions for his Sensory Biology class.