What happens when ants go searching for a picnic lunch? First there are ten ants, then twenty, then thirty and before you know it, one hundred ants are marching! A perfect book for teaching counting from one to one hundred and counting by tens. Amazon five star review: "pure fun, will have kids counting by ones and tens in no time. On our school district's list of recommended "100s" books." Book Links, November 1999 article titled: "Celebrating the One Hundredth Day of School" by Helen Foster James includes How Many Ants? on the list of recommended counting books. Author's Note: How many ants did I draw for this whole book? Can you guess? I drew 1,050 ants, 2,100 antennae and 6,300 ant legs!
How Many Ants?, Grolier Publishing, 1997. A Rookie Reader, grades K - 2. Hardcover ISBN# 0-516-20398-3 Paperback ISBN # 0-516-26251-3 Books by Joan Cottle / About Joan and Phoebe / Fun Kid stuff Teacher Page / Recommended Reading / Author Visits Contact Joan / Fun Links / Table of Contents
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