Wang Ling-Hsuan
王凌軒
王凌軒
Born in 1992 in Hsinchu, Wang Ling-Hsuan (王凌軒) studied life sciences in Taipei and started to unearth her inner feral child as soon as she stepped into an ecology lab. Drawing has not only shaped the way she perceives things and creates narratives but has also been a good way to meet people. However, even before that, drawing was a source of never-ending joy for her. She had first been fascinated by the written depictions of the wilderness, then as she slowly got to understand the reality of nature, she felt a deep kinship towards it and wanted to use stories and beautiful illustrations to pull children into the magical world of living creatures.
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Rights Sold: simplified Chinese
In our everyday lives, we’re surrounded by creatures large and small, and if we look closely, we’ll see that their lives are full of surprises. This book features one of the most common species of ants in Taiwan (gray-black spiny ants) as the protagonist to bring readers into a world of fascinating creatures.
Have you ever seen an orderly row of black dots in the park, or on a fence or a pile of waste? Gray-black spiny ants are a species of ant commonly found in Taiwan who live all around us, so keep your eyes peeled as you make your way through this book and see how they cooperate with aphids and compete with other insects, as well as how they forage, work, and have families so their population multiplies over generations.
With the lifecycle of the ants serving as the main book’s main storyline, the authors use vivid language and scientific illustrations rendered in realistic brushstrokes to guide readers through the natural ecology of the gray-black spiny ants. They hope that by the end of the story, young readers will start to love and understand the natural world and respect all the tiny lives within it.
Size: 25.6 x 23.5 cm