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ANTics [Kindle Edition]

Dakota Douglas
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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ANTics is a fun children's fantasy in ebook and paperback format. The story is for ages seven and older about a colony of ants that live in a hidden world called InhabitANT, at the bottom of an English country garden. All the ants have names that describe their personality and end in ANT. The story centres around three little ants - ExuberANT (nicknamed Zube), BrilliANT (called Brill) and HesitANT.
When the trio set out to bring a juicy berry back to their nest they never imagine the antics in store. The pals are having fun until they stumble across their fiercest enemy – a crazy, evil spider with magic powers. They call him RepugnANT (Puggy for short), because that’s what he is. He’s got the biggest temper and worst smell of any creature in the crawly kingdom.
The little ants flee for their lives with the eight-legged beast in hot pursuit. He’s vowed to turn them into ant soup and wipe out their nest.
Can they outsmart the monster and save their nestmates?

About the Author

Dakota Douglas is a former newspaper reporter from the North East of England, following her childhood dream of being a novelist. As a kid, she read books under the bedclothes by torchlight. Now she dives under the covers, torch in hand, to scribble down conversations between her book characters in case she forgets them in the morning. She has written stories since she was about eight years old. She wrote them on a toy typewriter and her dad did the illustrations. When she wasn’t pounding on her typewriter, she was smashing a tennis ball against the brick end of a block of garages beside her home. For hours on end she perfected her lob, backhand and forehand shots – all the time spinning stories in her head.

Product details

  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 217 KB
  • Print Length: 136 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1477696709
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
  • Publisher: Dakota Douglas; 1 edition (23 Jun 2012)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B008EKVXB8
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #637,964 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Beautiful and Charming Children's Book 6 Sep 2012
Format:Kindle Edition
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I was given a copy of this book by the author in return for an honest review.

I loved this book!

ExuberANT (Zube for short), BrilliANT (Brill) and HesitANT are fantastic characters! I loved them! Their antics made me grin! Zube has a quick wit, and a sharp mind. Brill is simply brilliant, and usually comes up with a solution for any problem. HesitANT is the smallest ant, but I think he is the bravest.
Their nemesis is in the form of a spider called RepugnANT (called Puggy by Zube). He's EVIL and wily, but he's not too bright (in my opinion!).

This is a fabulous book for children from the ages 7+. The story is absorbing and grabbed my interest quite quickly. There are no pictures, but Dakota Douglas's descriptions are very vivid and I could see the story unfold in my mind quite effortlessly. This would be a fantastic bedtime story. I think that children will enjoy the adventures of the three little ants; it's educational but fun. As their reading ability improves, they would be able to follow the book and read it themselves. I highly recommend this book to your little ones. I know it's a bit early for Christmas, but this book would make a fantastic stocking filler in print form! - Lynn Worton (WaAR)
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5.0 out of 5 stars ANTics by Dakota Douglas 28 Jun 2012
Format:Kindle Edition
Zube and Brill have been friends for a very long time. They found some berries during an exploration and decided to go bring some back to the InhabitANT. The day they decide to go, they take a smaller ant, HesitANT, with them. It should be an easy thing to do, but it turns into an adventure the ants will never forget. They encounter the fiercest enemy they have, Puggy, the spider. No one wants to be anywhere near Puggy. He was abandoned as a young spider because he was born with one eye missing. A spider witch saves him and then gives him special powers so he can survive in the world. Zube, Brill and HesitANT never make it to the berries but they do learn to work together as a team and they defeat Puggy once and for all.

A wonderful children's story that teaches many lessons with such fun characters. My children and I enjoyed this book and it's terrific play on 'ant' words. It's written in a style children will enjoy and yet parents won't feel like they just can't read again. I highly recommend this book. The lessons of team work, how to deal with bullies, and accepting people for who they are make this book a fantastic one for all children.

I didn't find any issues with this one.

I gave this one 5 out of 5 books because it's educational but fun!
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5.0 out of 5 stars ANTic reviewed 18 May 2013
Format:Kindle Edition
My grandson read this book and I heard him laughing and talking to himself as he read. He said it was exciting and fun. I therefore read it myself and thought it quite brilliant as I understand this is the author's first book. The play on words such as the names of the ants was very original. I found many of the stories had quite an educational element and would help young children understand such things as team work and bullying. We look forward to reading more books from this author
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