"I Can't" Said the Ant

What a terrific book. So good for read-aloud. Kids love all the rhymes and the line drawings of kitchen items. The 2006 year listed here is incorrect. I have had this book for longer than that.

A great early reader book, old school but packed with fun and memorable rhymes. Makes reading so fun, and aside from the rhyme there is also a little illustration in each line, to serve as a helper for reading the line. Across the page are mono color (red) pictures with lots of detail to look for,

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relating to the text. We'll be borrowing this one again as our reading advances.

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OOOhhhh I remember this one! I loved it back when. It's pretty clever for a kid's book.

Yay for charity sales! My library system really should make sure there's one copy of this somewhere in rural NV. Such a fun, and funny, way to learn more sophisticated words than those found in most early readers.

For example, with a picture of frosting, the word 'frosting' can be more readily

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sounded out. Then, as the reader knows the word will rhyme, she can more readily make out 'exhausting.' How many 6 year-olds can brag about knowing that word?!

Even better, this doesn't *look* like an early reader, so there's no stigma for those children sensitive to such concerns. And it can be enjoyed by younger children at lap-sit, and older children who are learning to write their own funny or rhyming stories or fables.

Not to mention, the story itself is a charmer. How on earth can an ant get a teapot back on the shelf??

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I still have most of this book committed to memory, it was such a favorite when I was a child.