Little Ant and the Wasp

<p>Little Ant is confident that he will make the team for this year's Kick the Crumb tournament. While Buddy Ant practices hard and struggles to keep up Little Ant only does enough at the tryouts to stay ahead of his competition. But is talent alone enough to succeed? </p><p><strong>Moral</strong>: Whatever you do do with all your might.</p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>ABOUT THE SERIES</strong></p><p>The Little Ant Books were created with <strong>social emotional learning (SEL)</strong> in mind. Kids learn best by example. Little Ant often acts on his big feelings before taking a moment to think about what he is doing. As they see Little Ant learn from his mistakes kids will develop a deeper understanding of their own emotions. The stories can be used as a learning tool to help kids discover the small gap that exists between feeling and acting - a gap in which thinking and choosing how we want to behave is possible no matter how we feel.</p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>The Little Ant books are reimaginings of Aesop's classic fables teaching </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>timeless lessons </strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>like appearances can be deceiving and one good turn deserves another. Brought to life by Tina Perko's vibrant and whimsical illustrations the stories follow Little Ant as he navigates through the challenges and frustrations of growing up. Little Ant's adventures provide him with opportunities to build character and learn valuable lessons about </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>friendship</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>kindness</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>empathy</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>teamwork</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>courage</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> and the </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>importance of being yourself</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(87 87 87 1); background-color: rgba(252 252 252 1)>Visit the </span>Free Digital Downloads<span style=color: rgba(87 87 87 1); background-color: rgba(252 252 252 1)> tab of the publisher's website (shelfspacebooks.com) for an extensive selection of companion resources to go along with the Little Ant Books like social emotional learning (SEL) / character education lessons plans SEL activities and coloring books. </span></p>