Pub Date: August 26, 1996
Dewey: E
LCCN: 93004860
Lexile Code: 0490
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 04 to 07
Physical Info: 0.21" H x 10.05" L x 8.07" W ( 0.32 lbs) 32 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories | Family | Blended Families | Social Themes | Manners and Etiquette | School and Education | Readers | Beginner | Strangers | Violence | Marriage and Divorce | Multigenerational | Imagination and Play | Animals | Insects Spiders etc | Concepts | Words
Description: When Truman sends away for an ant farm, a birthday gift from his favorite aunt, he gets more than he bargained for. A School Library Journal Best Book of 1994. Full color.
Brief description: G. Brian Karas has illustrated more than thirty books for children, including Truman's Aunt Farm, by Jama Kim Rattigan, and Mr. Carey's Garden, by Jane Cutler.
Review Quotes:
"Using skewed proportion and perspective, [Karas] fills the pages with frantic activities that enhance and build upon the goofy appeal of the text." School Library Journal, Starred