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40 pp.
| Greenwillow
| May, 2014
|
TradeISBN 978-0-06-225206-7$17.99
(3)
K-3
A carpenter ant makes a hole from inside its tree stump; the colors it--and readers--see through the holes reinforce the (unfounded) fear that there's an aardvark on the other side ("an orange aardvark...wearing blue pajamas!"). The witty digital art, incorporating painted textures and torn paper, keeps pace with the ant's cumulatively wilder assumptions, which are swallowed by its gullible ant friends.
32 pp.
| Little
| April, 2011
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TradeISBN 978-0-316-12924-4$16.99
(4)
K-3
D.W., misunderstanding Arthur's involvement with his class's conservation project, thinks a "Big Green Machine" is turning her brother the color green. She's nervous about school family night, but when all is revealed, D.W. gets the environmentalist bug. A few oft-suggested conservation tips are peppered throughout the bland story.
40 pp.
| Greenwillow
| April, 2008
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TradeISBN 978-0-06-078760-8$16.99
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LibraryISBN 978-0-06-078761-5$17.89
(4)
K-3
Alfred the aardvark lives with his mother on the A page of a dictionary. When his pet ant wanders away, Alfred digs his way down to Z to find him. Mama saves them, and then they tour a zoo. This take on traditional alphabet books is convoluted, but its unfussy watercolor and ink pictures nicely support the book's flights of fancy.
32 pp.
| Cavendish
| September, 2001
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TradeISBN 0-7614-5093-9$$15.95
(3)
K-3
Takadu, an aardvark, is afraid of the night monster and needs his friend Noko, a porcupine, to read him to sleep at night. So Noko asks three other animals to act like the night monster and gets Takadu to overcome his fears. Even more intriguing than the well-paced story are the details of Takadu and Noko's life in a South African hut, shown in the high-contrast illustrations.
32 pp.
| Putnam
| September, 2001
|
TradeISBN 0-399-23371-7$$15.99
(3)
K-3
When Christmas mail begins to pile up, Harold, an aardvark angel, summons his friends to help sort and deliver letters all over the globe and beyond. In this rhyme, set to the tune of "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," the cheerful illustrations show aardvark angels delivering red envelopes, among others, mailed by a girl in the beginning of the book. The musical score is included.
32 pp.
| Viking
| July, 2000
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TradeISBN 0-670-88763-3$$15.99
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Tracey Campbell Pearson.
Four badly behaved aardvarks go to the mall and leave chaos in their wake. Like Rotten Ralph, they act out a child's wildest dreams-- trying out all the sporting equipment and toys as they go. While items continue to be crossed off their shopping list, the busy pictures make it hard to see if they are really accomplishing anything. Kids will enjoy the mess, but the joke goes on too long.