A carpenter ant drills a hole to see what is outside his stump, worrying his fellow ants, and when new holes reveal different colors they fabricate a story about the horrible beast that will soon attack. Pages have holes through which different parts of the illustrations can be seen.
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Publisher:
New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2014]
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
9780062252081
0062252089
9780062252067
0062252062
0062252089
9780062252067
0062252062
Branch Call Number:
JP HALL
Characteristics:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Alternative Title:
It is an orange aardvark!
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Add a CommentAs a group of ants dig holes in a stump, they see a wide range of colors. What exactly is waiting outside for them?
An imaginative story for imaginative readers.
Hall's illustrations are strongly reminiscent of Eric Carle's best work, with bright colors and angular shapes. He even tips a hat to The Very Hungry Catepillar by making the holes in the tree stump actual holes in the pages.
The punchlines that arrive with each new hue are so silly that parents and children alike will want to return to the ants' mystery again and again.
Read more at: http://www.librarypoint.org/its_an_orange_aardvark_hall
The book is outstanding because of the rainbow I got to see at the end because of all the colors the aardvark was turning.