蚂蚁和西瓜 Ants and a Watermelon

This will be a really relatable book for young children. Who wouldn't have seen ants around, or tried watermelon? It is such an intriguing topic to them that ants could like watermelon too. While the dialogue sounds fantastical, the plot about ants working together to move food to their nest is realistic and gives rise to many opportunities to talk about science / good habits (why we should not leave food lying around, how ants' nests are organised, how strong ants are). The ending is the most fun of course! Lots of children will be thrilled at the idea of a watermelon slide. 5 stars!

Read this book to my 3 year old for the first time last night and she was so captivated she requested for me to read it again. Then she immediately went into this whole role play of the 蚂蚁 digging out and eating 🍉, going down the slide etc 😂 I love how imaginative they are at this age. And the book is so simple yet interesting! Such a gem!

The book was short, without many words so it was good for my 2yo to sit through. The image of the ant's nest was interesting and the ending was really cute.

Both my 2 & 5 yo enjoyed the story! The author is v creative in portraying how the ants handle the watermelon as well as how they played with it at the end.

My little one is just 6 months old and while she can't quite understand the storyline yet, she enjoys me reading the onomatopoeia in the book. The vibrant illustration is attention grabbing too.