How To Walk An Ant

How To Walk An Ant

Author: Cindy Derby

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

Published: 2019-03-26

Total Pages: 21

ISBN-13: 1250253349

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There are nine steps to becoming an ant walker, and Amariyah, the expert ant walker, is here to show you how it’s done. This irreverent and quirky picture book, How to Walk an Ant, follows a young girl as she goes through the process of walking ants, from polite introductions to tragic leash entanglements. In the end, this unique book from author-illustrator Cindy Derby shows that as long as you’re doing what you’re best at, you may find a like-minded friend to tag along. *Zero ants were harmed in the making of this book. **Oops, 7 ants were harmed in the making of this book.


The Little Guys

The Little Guys

Author: Vera Brosgol

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

Published: 2019-04-02

Total Pages: 23

ISBN-13: 1250254558

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An adorable cautionary tale from Caldecott Honoree Vera Brosgol We are the Little Guys. Yes, we are small. But there are a lot of us. Together we are strong, and we can get all we need. The Little Guys might be small, but they aim to be mighty. As they head off to find breakfast, they can conquer anything through teamwork—cross deep waters, dig through obstacles, and climb the tallest trees. Nothing can stop them! But as they begin to amass more than they need, the creatures in the forest ponder—what happens when no one can stop the Little Guys? This slyly funny and rambunctious read-aloud explores how strength in numbers only works when the whole community unites together. A School Library Journal Best Book of 2019 A 2019 Horn Book Fanfare Best of 2019 Book


Crickwing

Crickwing

Author: Janell Cannon

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9780152050610

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An Oddball Artist's Epic Adventure


I Saw an Ant on the Railroad Track

I Saw an Ant on the Railroad Track

Author: Joshua Prince

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 1402721838

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Jack, a railroad switchman, frantically tries to save an ant who is heading east on a westbound track, straight into the path of an oncoming freight train.


How to Walk an Ant

How to Walk an Ant

Author: Cindy Derby

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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There are nine steps to becoming an ant walker, and Amariyah, the expert ant-walker, is here to show you how it's done as she goes through the process of walking ants, from polite introductions to tragic leash entanglements.


How to Have a Birthday

How to Have a Birthday

Author: Mary Lyn Ray

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2021-09-14

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 1536207411

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"This picture book celebrates, through words and images, the best birthday gift of all--a whole day that is yours to unwrap"--


Adventures Among Ants

Adventures Among Ants

Author: Mark W. Moffett

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780520271289

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In tales from Nigeria, Indonesia, the Amazon, Australia, California, and elsewhere, Moffett recounts his entomological exploits and provides fascinating details on how ants live and how they dominate their ecosystems through strikingly human behaviors, yet at a different scale and a faster tempo.


Ant Encounters

Ant Encounters

Author: Deborah M. Gordon

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2010-03-22

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 1400835445

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How do ant colonies get anything done, when no one is in charge? An ant colony operates without a central control or hierarchy, and no ant directs another. Instead, ants decide what to do based on the rate, rhythm, and pattern of individual encounters and interactions--resulting in a dynamic network that coordinates the functions of the colony. Ant Encounters provides a revealing and accessible look into ant behavior from this complex systems perspective. Focusing on the moment-to-moment behavior of ant colonies, Deborah Gordon investigates the role of interaction networks in regulating colony behavior and relations among ant colonies. She shows how ant behavior within and between colonies arises from local interactions of individuals, and how interaction networks develop as a colony grows older and larger. The more rapidly ants react to their encounters, the more sensitively the entire colony responds to changing conditions. Gordon explores whether such reactive networks help a colony to survive and reproduce, how natural selection shapes colony networks, and how these structures compare to other analogous complex systems. Ant Encounters sheds light on the organizational behavior, ecology, and evolution of these diverse and ubiquitous social insects.


Desert Navigator

Desert Navigator

Author: Rüdiger Wehner

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2020-02-04

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 0674247922

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Winner of the Association of American Publishers PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences A world-renowned researcher of animal behavior reveals the extraordinary orienteering skills of desert ants, offering a thrilling account of the sophisticated ways insects function in their natural environments. Cataglyphis desert ants are agile ultrarunners who can tolerate near-lethal temperatures when they forage in the hot midday sun. But it is their remarkable navigational abilities that make these ants so fascinating to study. Whether in the Sahara or its ecological equivalents in the Namib Desert and Australian Outback, the Cataglyphis navigators can set out foraging across vast expanses of desert terrain in search of prey, and then find the shortest way home. For almost half a century, Rüdiger Wehner and his collaborators have devised elegant experiments to unmask how they do it. Through a lively and lucid narrative, Desert Navigator offers a firsthand look at the extraordinary navigational skills of these charismatic desert dwellers and the experiments that revealed how they strategize and solve complex problems. Wehner and his team discovered that these insect navigators use visual cues in the sky that humans are unable to see, the Earth’s magnetic field, wind direction, a step counter, and panoramic “snapshots” of landmarks, among other resources. The ants combine all of this information to steer an optimal course. At any given time during their long journey, they know exactly where to go. It is no wonder these nimble and versatile creatures have become models in the study of animal navigation. Desert Navigator brings to light the marvelous capacity and complexity found in these remarkable insects and shows us how mini brains can solve mega tasks.


Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants

Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants

Author: Eleanor Spicer Rice

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2017-08-03

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 022644581X

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In this witty, accessible, and beautifully illustrated guide, Eleanor Spicer Rice, Alex Wild, and Rob Dunn metamorphose creepy-crawly revulsion into myrmecological wonder. Dr. Eleanor?s Book of Common Ants provides an eye-opening entomological overview of the natural history of species most noted by project participants. Exploring species from the spreading red imported fire ant to the pavement ant, and featuring Wild?s stunning photography, this guide will be a tremendous resource for teachers, students, and scientists alike. But more than this, it will transform the way we perceive the environment around us by deepening our understanding of its littlest inhabitants, inspiring everyone to find their inner naturalist, get outside, and crawl across the dirt?magnifying glass in hand.