Book Review: Follow The Ants by Amrutha Satish and Soumya Menon
Follow The Ants written by Amrutha Satish, illustrated by Soumya Menon and published by Tulika Books is an interesting book to read aloud to
Anita loves all small things - pebbles, insects, shells, and worms. One day she sees a long line of little ants. Curious, she decides to follow them. They take her along things she sees every day. But where do they take her finally? What does she do with them? Why is Anita happy about following the ants?
The book is a delightful way to introduce little kids to everyday words and make them observe things around us. I loved the author's imagination of taking an everyday occurrence and converting it into such a story which make us want to keep turning the pages to see where the ants will go next :)
The words are simple and on each page, we learn a new word which is what we see every day and yet never make an effort to tell our kids about it. The book is a great way to teach a young child new words and trigger a discussion about things around the house.
Soumya Menon does an awesome job with the illustrations. They are bright, vibrant and make the book so exciting. My 7 year old actually read the book with so much enthusiasm. She said Amma Amma look at the ants moving across the room. When you actually turn the pages a bit fast like she did, you can see the ants as if in motion.
The book is bilingual and we got the English Hindi edition. The translation by Maneesha Taneja is easy to read and the 7-year-old read simultaneously in English and Hindi :)
