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32 pp.
| Scholastic/Levine |
April, 2009 |
TradeISBN 978-0-545-08661-5$16.99
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Bird demonstrates for Little Ant the many uses of string: kite-flying, jump-roping, nest-weaving, etc. On the last page the string runs out--but there's just enough left to make the perfect ant-sized swing. The kid-friendliness of the brief rhyming text and spot-on childlike uses for the string are matched by the art, soft pastels of a benign, sunny world.