An Ant’s Day Off by Bonny Becker, Illustrated by Nina Laden
Ah, to be an ant. To be an ant who never gets a day off. To be an ant who as never even seen the sun. “Never stop. Never tarry. An ant who wastes time will never marry,” are words that Bart, the sand ant, has heard every day of his life in An Ant’s Day Off by Bonny Becker and illustrated by Nina Laden. Bart wants to know what it’s like on the outside, so he announces to his friend Floyd that he’s tired of working and is going to take a day off. Floyd replies, “No ant has ever taken the day off. Never ever in the history of antdom.”
Bart was shocked when he popped his head out of the sand mound and saw the great big blue sky. At a creek, he meets two frogs who eye Bart a little to hungrily. He hops on a leaf and rows down the creek, discovers a huge flower and decides to enjoy his day in the sun. That is until a bee shows up! His adventures continue when it begins to rain and he knows he needs to make it back inside as quickly as possible. But can he get past the guard? Will he be able to tell his friend Floyd all about the big world outside?
Reading An Ant’s Day Off made me want a day off now and then. But sigh . . . my bosses wake me up at 4 in the morning and then proceed to kick my head after they’ve crawled in bed with me. They are mean and cruel slave masters.
Bonny Becker’s website and Nina Laden’s website. Bonny is also the author of The Christmas Crocodile (my book review),My Brother, The Robot (my book review), Holbrook: A Lizard’s Tale (my book review), Just a Minute, and her newest A Visitor for Bear (my book review). It’s my pleasure today to review Bonny’s books as well as host Bonny in a wonderful interview tomorrow.
So if you had no limitations, no responsibilities, and could do anything you wanted, what would be your perfect day off?
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I have this book! I read it to my group of kids recently.
I’ve convinced my slave masters that 6 is a much more respectable hours. And that if mommy’s light isn’t on, books are a good choice until it turns on. The slave masters get better the longer they own you!
on March 2nd, 2009 at 8:57 amIf I could do anything on my day off, no limitations, I would take a flight to a secluded beach on Hawaii, sit on a comfy chair reading a book and pigging out on goodies. Of course, I wouldn’t gain any weight or get sunburned, because that would not be in accordance with a perfect day off.
on March 2nd, 2009 at 6:19 pmWhat a cute book! My perfect day off would be reading of course… that or Disneyland
on March 2nd, 2009 at 11:21 pmI agree with Ladytink…reading or Disneyland. Both would include a lot of chocolate.
on March 5th, 2009 at 9:56 pm[...] Books reviews of A Visitor for Bear, The Christmas Crocodile, Holbrook A Lizard’s Tale, An Ant’s Day Off, and My Brother the Robot all by Bonny Becker. Maw Books interview with Bonny Becker. Genre: [...]
on November 23rd, 2009 at 2:59 am[...] from the cute A Visitor for Bear among her other wonderful books including My Brother, The Robot, An Ants Day Off, The Christmas Crocodile, Holbrook, A Lizard’s Tale, Just a Minute or The Magical Ms. Plum [...]
on November 23rd, 2009 at 3:07 am