<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The ants are ready for a picnic--100 empty stomachs marching to a feast. The smallest ant suggests marching in rows of two, another says march in four rows of 25 ... and the division begins. Engaging, whimsical illustrations make a gentle, visual introduction to math. Color illustrations throughout.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>One hundred hungry ants march off single file to sample a picnic, but when the going gets too slow, they divide into two rows of fifty, then four rows of twenty . . . until they take so long that the picnic is gone!<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A first-time author and illustrator are off to an impressive start in this spirited story . . . The unexpected pairing of sophisticated art and light-hearted text lends this book particular distinction. Publishers Weekly <p/>A rhyming text describes the progress of one hundred ants marching toward a picnic. To travel faster, one ant suggests dividing into two lines of fifty, then four lines of twenty-five, and finally ten lines of ten. Their frantic reorganization takes so long that the picnic is gone by the time they arrive. The illustrations, which look like linoleum cuts, use a pleasing palette and energetic lines to depict ants with highly individual characters.<br>Horn Book<br>