Mona Minim and the smell of the sun

By Janet Frame

Subjects: Ants, Fiction, Juvenile fiction

Description: Mona Minim is a young house ant about to take her first journey out into the sunlight. She is so excited about going outside, smelling the sun and play the stair game that she falls through a crack in the stairs and into a quiet unexpected adventure. Befriended by Barbara, Mona learns of the terrors and delights in the world of the garden ants. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.