There was once a queen of ants who had a lot of ambition and who had even more a pig’s head …
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Convinced of having found the perfect place where to build the anthill of her dreams, this queen will not give up in front of any obstacle.
To more than one recovery, its loyal ants servant build a superb anthill, but each time, the soil ends up trembling and the anthill disappears in smoke. Will the queen of ants reach her ends?
Having an idea is great. Do everything to make this project come to life is even more great. However, it is sometimes worth questioning … Apparently, not all of them are of this opinion, especially a queen of ants.
This album addressed to readers serves a superb lesson even for the older ones. Yes, it is beautiful to see the determination and the ambition shown by the queen, but she is frankly too stubborn to admit that she could be wrong!
Insects, humor and dictatorship
Without necessarily wanting to make the parallel with a character well known to the current political world (free to those who want to do it!), This youth album serves a beautiful lesson in pride. The queen of ants of this little story has beautiful ideas of magnitude and, obviously, she is a natural leader.
Indeed, ants at its service constantly redouble their efforts to rebuild the anthill so precious in the eyes of their queen, even if, each time, an elephant’s paw comes to crush their dream.
Questioning on the choice of the location of the anthill – which she believes ideal – the queen does not want to hear anything. Will his arrogance and stubbornness end up “crushing it” too?
This is a splendid album for little reading enthusiasts which, in addition to making people laugh, carries reflection. Then, the images have something to please the eyes. The work The anthill Offers a very different and entertaining dictatorship!
The anthill, Michaël Escoffier, illustrations by Agathe Bray-Bourret, Les Éditions Les 400 Coups, 32 pages, from 4 years old
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