Originally selfpublished as an ebook by a member of team starkid, the bully book is now available in hardcover, paperback, and ebook editions. Not to mention that the ant bully in general is just a great animated film that the whole family could get a kick. A witty and heartwarming story about a 10yearold boy who embarks on a remarkable journey. Sid is such a big bully that lucas wishes he could squash him like a bug.
Lastly, the ants dont appreciate sids games and they attack back. With paul giamatti, nicolas cage, julia roberts, meryl streep. It shows that bullies can be changed back in many cases. Explore our editors picks for the best kids books of the month. The ant bully is a 2006 american animated adventure fantasy comedy film written and directed by john a. Lucas constantly gets picked on by the neighborhood bully.
New in town and friendless, young lucas nickle has been taking out his frustration on the innocent ant hill in his yard. After lucas nickle zach tyler floods an ant colony with his watergun, hes magically shrunken down to insect size and sentenced to hard labor in the ruins. It is about a young boy named lucas nickle who is the title. Nickles fineline acrylic illustrations accent the slender digits and mandibles of the black ants. Boy genius and producers tom hanks and gary goetzman the polar express, the ant bully tells a witty and heartwarming story about a 10yearold boy who embarks on a remarkable journey.
Lucas nickle is a young boy who has recently moved into a neighborhood. Starring the voices of julia roberts, nicolas cage, meryl streep, and paul giamatti, it was produced by tom hanks and gary goetzmans playtone, davis and keith alcorns dna. Lucas wishes he could squash that big bully sid like a bug. Based on exciting moments from the upcoming digitally animated family adventure the ant bully, and featuring allnew challenges created especially for the game, help lucas evolve from recluse to hero in his quest to save the colony from extermination. The ants create a potion that shrinks lucas to the size of an ant. The author credibly anthropomorphizes ant societies, stressing equality and cooperation. Recently moved to a new city with his family, he hasnt made a. Though the ant bully is a stateoftheart computer animation spectacle, john debneys music for the film often feels like a throwback to the music accompanying traditional, celbased animation. The ant bully original motion picture soundtrack john.
The ant bully by john nickle meet your next favorite book. Davis and based on the 1999 childrens book of the same name by john nickle. Lucas takes out his frustration about being picked on by a human bully by. Lucas nickle is a boy caught at the hands of a bully almost all the time. Eric haskins, the new sixthgrade bully target, is searching for answers. But lucas is too little, and so he bullies the ants instead. As you can see, there is an awful lot of high quality, academy award winning talent voicing the characters in this one. Please continue to report images that break our rules on underage content. Using a magic potion, they shrink lucas down to ant size and sentence him to live like an ant in their colony. The exotic flutes and percussion on parade of ants and ant mother sound a little bit like the lion kings music or alternately, the theme from survivor, while the whimsy of honeydew. Lucas learns a lesson about bullying when he is pulled into the ant hole he has been tormenting notestoc is located on title page. But the dichotomy loses some of its punch when the good guy is a bad guy tooor at least when hes so obnoxious as to take the fun out of being bad.
Poor 10yearold lucas nickle voiced by zach tyler eisen cant get a break. Locally known as a bully boat, this style of boat was common from smith sound to trinity bight for use with handline and trawl into the 1970s. A look at some books that have been made into animated movies. When the ants shrink lucas down to their size, he must make amends by learning the ways of the colony and protecting the ants from danger. Hes not big or brave enough to stand up to sid, so his response to his torment is to bully ants. Davis, the ant bully is based on john nickles childrens book of the same name released in 1999. Resources for this book save to list other books you might like related book resources. Lucas is picked on by the neighborhood bully, and in turn terrorizes the ant colony. It featurs the voices of zach tyler eisen, julia roberts, nicolas cage, meryl streep and. The ant bully is based on a picture book by john nickle. The queen ant meryl streep agrees and they begin the arduous task of making the bratty kid a real live ant. Davis director julia roberts hova nicolas cage zoc meryl streep queen paul giamatti.
Publication date 1999 topics ants juvenile fiction, bullies juvenile fiction, ants fiction, bullies fiction, ants, bullies, illustrated childrens books. Compare stillsclips from the film with images from the book and discuss the differences between reading a book and watching films. The ant bully scholastic bookshelf nickle, john on. A human bully gives lucas an atomic wedgie by pulling his underwear up out of the back of his pants. Released by varese sarabande in 2006 302 066 748 2 containing music from the ant bully 2006. The ant bully original score from 2006, composed by john debney. The ants decide to take revenge and teach lucas a lesson. The ant bully isbn 0590395912 is a 1999 childrens book drawn and written by john nickle. This is the story of a tenyearold boy named lucas nickle, who has just moved to a new neighborhood, has no friends. John nickles book tells the story of lucas, a kid with a big problema big bully named sid. Reading to kids is a grassroots organization dedicated to inspiring underserved children with a love of reading, thereby enriching their lives and opportunities for future success. Boy genius and producers tom hanks and gary goetzman the polar express, the ant bully tells a witty and heartwarming story about a 10. Players control lucas nickle, a young boy known to the ants that live in his yard as the destroyer for the abuse he has subjected the colony to.
That bully then slaps another kid one of his followers on the back of the head. The film was produced by tom hanks and playtone and also offered in imax 3d. Film languagevisual literacy look at clipsstills of bullies, victims and points of. John nickle lucas learns a lesson about bullying when he is pulled into the ant hole he has been tormenting. Digitizing sponsor internet archive contributor internet archive language english. An ant wizard shrinks lucas, who then goes to work with the rest of the ants, hauling leaves, finding food, and fighting off an attack of wasps. It was later adapted into a computeranimated film of the same name by john a. Delete from selected list scholastic books for kids. He takes out his frustration on the ants in front of his house. The ant bully tells a witty and heartwarming story about a 10yearold boy who embarks on a remarkable journey. New in town, friendless and tormented by a neighborhood bully, young lucas nickle has been taking out his frustration on the innocent ant hill in his yard. See all 7 formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
The ants, however, have had enough of lucass nasty games. Publication date 1999 topics ants, bullies, ants, bullies. The ant bully by john nickle the ant bully is about lucas who is picked on by the neighborhood bully. And they teach him a lesson that will make him and readers think twice about being mean. Discussion guide the ant bully teaching guide explore antibullying themes with the teaching guide for the ant bully. Based on an acclaimed childrens book by john nickle, the ant bully details how the aforementioned ant colony weathers continual abuse. The ant bully is a beloved classroom favorite story. Publication date 2006 topics ants, bullying, bullies, bullies, ants, bullying publisher new york. I loved how it showed the moral of what goes around comes around, kids need to learn that more now a days, because its very true. Sony delays spiderman and venom sequels, and more movies news. In this strange new world lucas will learn important lessons. The ant bully was a very touching and wonderful story that i felt is important for kids to watch. The ant bully 2006 bluray from academy award nominated filmmaker john a.
Financial analysis of the ant bully 2006 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Built in irelands eye, new bonaventure and elsewhere in this area, these boats were distinguishable by their washboard gunwales. The ant bully is a 2006 american computeranimated adventure fantasy comedy film written and directed by john a. Misfit lucas zach taylor eisen doesnt have any friends and suffers daily at the. Ant bully, the dvd ws kids activity book from academy award nominated filmmaker john a. Lucas wishes he could squash sid like a bug, but since sid is bigger than lucas, lucas bullies the ants.
The ant bully is a computeranimated film based on the 1999 childrens book. The ant bully by nickle, john and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The ant bully story, the ant bully hollywood movie story. It is about a young boy named lucas nickle also known as peanut the destroyer, who is the title character in the book and who likes to torment ants. Lucas has no hope of solving his sid problem, but he can make himself feel superior by bullying ants. Davis based on the 1999 childrens book of the same name by john nickle. The ants decide they have had enough and shrink lucas down to. When unhappy lucas does bad things to an ant hill, he is punished by being shrunk down to insect size and made to train as an ant by the colony. This picture book is about a boy named lucas who gets bullied by his neighbor sid. It gets to the root that people bullied can become bullies.
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