02593cam a2200529 i 4500 495685259 TxAuBib 20210312120000.0 880602s1988||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 88012988 9780395486689 0395486688 9780758738851 0758738854 (OCoLC)18106329 TxAuBib rda Van Allsburg, Chris. Two Bad Ants / Chris Van Allsburg. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988. 31 pages hardbound : color illustrations ; 31 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Chris Van Allsburg (born June 18, 1949) is an American illustrator and writer of children's books. He has won two Caldecott Medals for U.S. picture book illustration, for Jumanji (1981) and The Polar Express (1985), both of which he also wrote; both were later adapted as successful motion pictures. He was also a Caldecott runner-up in 1980 for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. For his contribution as a children's illustrator he was 1986 U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition for creators of children's books. He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Michigan in April 2012. When two bad ants desert from their colony, they experience a dangerous adventure that convinces them to return to their former safety. Elementary Grade. 780 Lexile. Accelerated Reader 4.7. Reading Counts! 3.9. Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.7 0.5 5548. Reading Counts RC K-2 3.9 2 Quiz: 11930 Guided reading level: P. 20210312. Georgia Children's Picture Storybook Award, 1991-92. Ants Juvenile fiction. Ants Fiction. aChildren's Librarian recommends for Read Aloud First Grade. Reading List 2014 Summer Armstrong Elementary 3rd and 4th grades. Juvenile fiction Animals Insects, Spiders, etc. Ants. Picture books for children. Picture books. Fiction. Juvenile works. Dust jackets 1988. Houghton Mifflin Company, publisher. United States, Division of Publications.