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September 1, 2010/in Picture Book Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant /by Angie Hill
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BfK 184 September 2010
Reviewer: Jill Bennett
ISBN: 978-1408305249
Price: £10.99
Publisher: Dispatch same day for order received before 12 noonGuaranteed packagingNo quibbles returns
Genre: Picture Book
Age Range: Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant
Length: 32pp
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Ants in Your Pants!

Author: Julia JarmanIllustrator: Guy Parker-Rees

Leopard was organising his birthday party, a somewhat exclusive one and definitely not for aardvarks or ants. Aardvark doesn’t mind not being invited but not so the ants; they gate-crash the party. Their favourite game soon sees a plethora of pants whirling through the air and the ant-eating antics of the aardvarks (who just happen to be passing) very much in demand.

Just the mention of bare bums and knickers is enough to provoke a paroxysm of giggles from your average three- or four-year-old – most certainly so from my audiences of under fives. However, the rhyming text needs careful perusal to ensure a smooth recitation as it does tend to creak in places. Parker-Rees uses dayglo colours to create a comical confection of curiously clad creatures and ants behaving badly.

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