Lachapelle treats us to the next in ant series

Following his first delightfully whimsical book, Pace-Ants, Benjamin Lachapelle now brings us Roam-Ants, where the same helpful ant-like creatures are back in full force. Dozens of them are carefully drawn on every page, and in charming scenarios, they help all their animal friends build happy and meaningful lives by being the authors of their own stories, conductors of their own orchestras. Throughout the book, the message of the Roam-Ants is simple: Consider a more inclusive perspective and embrace all the meaningful ways we can live joyful and independent lives, whether single or coupled.

Lachapelle explains in words and drawings that some animals mate for life, while others “roam” and discover how to love, appreciate and care for themselves and many others, because happiness comes from within. With the help of Roam-Ants, we can build our own love stories with ourselves, experience what gives us joy and what is meaningful while lovingly connecting to others. We can become the happiest versions of ourselves. In the book’s foreword, relationship psychologist Dr. Yuthika Girme, associate professor at Simon Fraser University, writes: “To truly understand the key to happiness, we first need to understand how people build a relationship with themselves; it all starts with Roam-Ants.”