Acclaimed New York Times-bestselling picture book creator Michael Hall delivers a funny and suspenseful story about colours, ants, aardvarks, and rainbows that will appeal to Lois Ehlert fans and fans of The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.

Five carpenter ants at home in their tree stump hear a noise. What is it? One ant thinks it is a hungry aardvark lurking outside the stump, just waiting to eat them. One ant makes a hole in the stump to see. Orange light floods the stump-it's not an aardvark, proclaims the ant chorus. It's orange! So what is lurking outside the stump?

This very funny picture book features die-cut holes on almost every page, suspenseful page turns, a wonderful surprise ending, and an introduction to a rainbow of colours.

This book has been graded for interest at 3-6 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2014 by words & pictures .

MICHEAL HALL is a popular bestselling author and illustrator. He lives with his family in Minnesota, USA.