Description:Kokopelli is abandoned by his parents soon after birth because the villagers fear his feathery antennae. He is adopted by the Queen of the Ants and lives in the ants' underground colony. He eventually travels to the perilous World Above, where he slowly unravels the mystery of who he is and where he came from. Interwined with Kokopelli's story are vivid descriptions of life in an ant colony and the wonders of the desert wilderness.