Ant-Man: This is Ant-Man

by Chris Wyatt, Ron Lim (Illustrations), Rachelle Rosenberg (Illustrations)

The Marvel Heroes of Reading line of early readers is designed to offer reluctant readers, specifically boys, books that they will want to read by featuring characters they love. The series is broken into three levels that invoke the rigorous training courses their favorite Marvel heroes must engage in to perfect their super powers.

Discover how an ordinary man named Scott Lang becomes the smallest hero with the biggest heart.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

32 pages, Paperback

First published June 2, 2015

About the author

Christopher Aaron Wyatt, sometimes credited as Chris "Doc" Wyatt is an American film producer, writer, and second unit director.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_W...

Reviews

[Cam · Rating 3 out of 5]

Learning about more superhero’s!

[Jonas · Rating 4 out of 5]

A few big words in this book that my son had trouble sounding out, but he enjoyed the book.

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Coming into this book I had no idea how Ant-Man came to be or what he does aside from he can shrink and be big again. The book is a very brief summary on who Ant-Man is and what he does and who he "works" with. I had no idea he has/had a daughter or that he used to be a thief! It was very interesting. It's a Level 1 Reading Level so it has short sentences and good for beginner readers. Illustrations are great too! I also liked how smooth the pages are.

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

The girls picked a few super hero books, they especially liked the cover of this one. Basically this was an introduction to who Ant-Man was, so we all learned something because I had no idea myself. Nice beginner super hero book.

[Bethe · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bookaday #58. Typical level 1 reader with tons of appeal for young superhero fans, especially boys. Plot a bit disjointed but that won’t deter the target audience.

[Kayla · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh. About what you’d expect from a book like this.

[Anna Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tried for SAYL reading for 2025

The origin story of how Scott became Ant-Man and works with the Avengers

[Paul Stanis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Egghead!

[Charles · Rating 5 out of 5]

There was a time when comic books were considered a corrupting influence on children. We can “thank” Dr. Frederic Wertham, whose book, “The Seduction of the Innocent,” launched a wave of censorship of comics. Thankfully, that time has past and now they are used as educational tools. For young people can identify with the characters and enjoy reading about their exploits. Imagery is also a natural in the stories.
This book that is designed as a first reader uses the Ant-Man comic character as the plot for a simple explanation of his origin and his powers. The tactic used is that each page contains a colorful image and a caption that is one very short sentence. It is very well done and so this is a book that I strongly recommend as a first reader.

[Rosa Cline · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a level 1 reader, meaning the words are on the easier side to read and sentences not long. I appreciated these books in this series because I have a special needs teenage son and he can't read like his 'normal' age and so preschool - beginning reading books are all more 'babyish' but not these books. They are easy to read but didn't drop down to a baby level. So he can feel confedint about reading these. Wished more authors would write like this; since our special needs children need to be able to feel special about being able to read too.

[McKenzie Richardson · Rating 3 out of 5]

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Cute little intro to Ant-Man. This is a World of Reading Level 1 book, so it is very simple. Not really a story, more of just a brief introduction to Ant-Man's origin and his powers.

The sentences are very simple and pretty vague ("One day, Scott met a scientist named Hank. They talked about science."), but it gets the point across.

Good book for beginning readers who like superheroes.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this to my 5 year old son and he loved it! Simple reading to help him with his reading skills.

[Caitlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short. Simple. Cute.

[Wt Prater · Rating 5 out of 5]

i love listening to my son read.