Authors/Illustrators | Little Red Ant Books

Fern Davis

Fern Davis Nissim (Author/Illustrator)

I am so pleased to announce the newest Little Red Ant Book is now available here on Amazon. It is called Taking the Plunge. It's a new character, about a little wood duckling that must make a big jump. All Little Red Ant Books are filled with beautiful hand painted watercolor or colored pencil illustrations and a story line from nature created as a conversation starter for families. They are filled with subtle important messages for young children.

It has been a great joy for me to embark on publishing these four books. As far back as I can remember it has always been my dream to write and illustrate children's books. I have diligently collected every first edition of Golden Books which offered me a world of colorful illustrations and creative inspirations growing up.

Throughout my art education at the Boston Museum of Fine Art and Massachusetts College of Art, I planned to carry out my dream, unfortunately I could never find the time. I went on to a worthwhile career in related fields of international marketing and public relations in NYC and later returned to Massachusetts to open my own marketing agency.

Now, in my retirement years, I have finally found the time to create these wonderful books.

In the first three Little Red Ant Books, finding freedom, family and friendship are the giant steps in the little red ant's big journey. In Taking the Plunge, Linden the wood duckling demonstrates the importance of courage in facing the next step.

We hope you will enjoy all four of these books with the young children in your life ages 4-9.

Sue Fleishman

Art has always been part of Sue’s life. She uses watercolor, acrylic and mixed media for her creations. Antiline’s Brave Adventure, A Tale of Freedom for Young Children provided her first adventure in illustrating. Sue uses photographs of people moving and playing for her gestural drawings, which give the characters life and personality. Sue has also taught painting through her local senior center sharing all her techniques learned over time.

Samuel Davis

Original author, philosopher, inventor, and independent thinker in his own time, Fern’s Dad was always telling his children stories about how his parents overcame all obstacles to reach a new home in America. He originally created Antiline’s Brave Adventure (The first tale in the Little Red Ant Books Series) to help his grandchildren understand their heritage and the great gift of being free. Even though the original story was written in 1977 the timing of this message has taken on new meaning today.