Description Steve Coleman: The Ant’s Pants An engaging children’s story and picture book by local author and educator Steve Coleman, and illustrated by Pheobe Wright. The Ant’s Pants, (along with The Bees Knees) is one of many nonsense rhymes popular with the socialites of the Roaring (Nineteen) Twenties that has stood the test of time, and which are still used in common language today. This version is a 21st Century variation . . . with a twist. What does “The Ant’s Pants” mean? Really though . . . “The Ant’s Pants” means . . . “Just dandy, perfect, really, it’s The Ant’s Pants” if you may . . . Those busy ants do like to play.