Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg birdwatching guide he seeks the help of

he seeks the help of a wise old click beetle

GAVIN BROAD is the Principal Curator of Insects at the Natural History Museum

and Last Child in the Woods makes it patently clear why and lays out a path back

He studied at the Royal College of Art and worked for many years as a creative director at leading advertising agencies before becoming an author and illustrator

this field guide to the insects of North America is part of the growing National Geographic Pocket Guide series

Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg birdwatching guide he seeks the help ofAccustomed to the orderly and uneventful life in the ant hole, all the ants enter the bizarre world of a kitchen in the search for sugar crystals for the queen. Two greedy ants stay behind in the sugar bowl, eating their fill and then falling asleep. Their slumbers end when a giant scoop drops them into a sea of boiling brown coffee. The three time Caldecott medalist tells the tale of two ants who decide to leave the safety of the others to venture