A wry commentary on other animals' diets yields the observation that 'JAGUARS EAT ANTEATERS, BUT THEY AREN'T CALLED ANTEATER-EATERS.' An apron-clad mother anteater plays an important part in a punch line that will garner knowing nods and grins.įunny, light, and whimsical. Other cheerful-looking creatures add to the fun. For example: 'TORTELLINI? TOTALLINI!' shouts the anteater as it whizzes by on a skateboard, one paw on board, the other with a tortellini noodle on a fork. There follow pages of clever, anti-ant-eating wordplay, with matching, funny artwork. After a double-page spread full of foodstuffs, there is a droll illustration of anteaters sitting at a place-matted table, with all but one sucking ants out of individual jars labeled, 'ANTS.' The protagonist is munching-or tonguing-hot dogs and fries. On the next double-page spread, readers learn that, like people, this anteater eats three meals a day-and does not eat ants. This clever take on the picky-eater is full of wry humor and silly puns as the anteater takes us through the food he LOVES to eat, all while repeating the refrain, but I don t eat ants. An anthropomorphic anteater enjoys many foods but is vehemently opposed to eating ants.Ĭapital letters are used throughout, beginning with the initial page: 'I AM AN ANTEATER AND I LOVE TO EAT.' Bright graphics that have the appearance of digital animation show a friendly-looking, gray critter in a waistcoat, its long, red ribbon of a tongue snaking out over a table full of colorful, human foods: a burger on a bun a pink, triple-layer cake a bowl of fruit some sort of pie.

But I Don't Eat Ants by Dan Marvin