Deputy Harvey and the Ant Cow Caper - Hardcover

Kindergarten-Grade 3–A rip-roaring western mystery starring anthropomorphic bugs. Ant Hill has a problem–half of its herd of ant cows is missing, and that means a shortage of the honeydew they produce. Ladybugs come to the rescue, and the perpetrators are put to work at the Milking Barn where they are sentenced to shoveling doo. A concluding author's note explains that aphids are ant cows and that they make a sweet juice, called honeydew, that ants like to eat. This information would have been more helpful in a foreword. Sneed's clever acrylic-on-paper illustrations are the book's strength. They show the ants' unique multitasking abilities and unusual poses and take full advantage of the Western atmosphere and setting.–Helen Foster James, University of California at San Diego
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"[A] britches-bustin’ tale of a canny, six-legged Deputy Sheriff... There’ll be no problem corralling little doggies for this caper." -Kirkus Reviews, starred review