The Ant Bully by John Nickle

The Ant Bully uses pop art and includes unique boarders on each page. These colorful illustrations seemed very realistic and brought the story alive. This book is about a young boy named Lucas who gets bullied by a boy named Sid. Lucas takes his frustrations out on an ant hill by his house. One day the ants decided to retaliate. Accordingly, the Ant wizard shrinks him into ant size. The ant colony then made Lucas do ant jobs and his final task was to get they queen ant jelly bean. Thus, Lucas and his two ant friends go to Lucas’s house to look for a jelly bean. In the end Lucas saved their lives because his father almost killed them. In the end Lucas was turned into his normal size and no longer bullied the ants. Lucas learned many new aspects from the ant colony such as friendship, working together with a team and to be nice to all living things. I believe The Ant Bully would be a great book to use in the classroom because respect is a main concept in this book. Ant Bully uses a creative new way to discusses bullying and its negative affects. Additionally, I believe respect is a very important aspect to include in the classroom so a least restrictive environment is created.