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Ants Are Fun
A Science I CAN READ Book. The pages are crisp and clean with a library binding.
- GenresChildrensPicture Books
Hardcover
First published January 1, 1968
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June 6, 2025
My four-year-old loved this! When we finished, she said she wanted to try “reading” it; it was pretty cute what she remembered and regurgitated.
Woven into a story about a little boy who moves in next door and has an ant farm, you and your kids will learn a bit about ants. There’s even an unexpected plot twist, which for a book of this type, I thought was impressive.
Make sure this gets added to your purchase list! My almost two-year-old even sat for it!
Ages: 2 - 8
Content Considerations: nothing to note.
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Woven into a story about a little boy who moves in next door and has an ant farm, you and your kids will learn a bit about ants. There’s even an unexpected plot twist, which for a book of this type, I thought was impressive.
Make sure this gets added to your purchase list! My almost two-year-old even sat for it!
Ages: 2 - 8
Content Considerations: nothing to note.
**Like my reviews? Then you should follow me! Because I have hundreds more just like this one. With each review, I provide Content Considerations, mentioning any objectionable content I come across so that parents and/or conscientious readers (like me) can determine beforehand whether they want to read a book or not. Content surprises are super annoying, especially when you’re 100+ pages in, so here’s my attempt to help you avoid that!
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April 22, 2019
My daughter said, “Now I know lots about ants. We have ants too. I love learning about ants.”
As a mom that homeschools, I am appreciative of these older I Can Read books that have actual substance and yet allowu children to read on their own nor aloud to me.
As a mom that homeschools, I am appreciative of these older I Can Read books that have actual substance and yet allowu children to read on their own nor aloud to me.
September 26, 2025
A new family moves into a neighborhood, and two boys who are already friends get to make a new friend. The story has treehouses and tin can phones, and a horned toad as a pet. There are instructions for making your own ant nest (what I knew as an ant farm when I was younger). Science lessons about ants are woven into the story.
Fair warning, some of the story has one wild colony of ants raiding the colony of ants of a different color, slaughtering, and carting babies away, leaving body parts behind. It's not overdone, but if you idolize nature, you might not like it.
There's a nice balance, I think, between how much the boys are allowed to do things on their own, and when they are under able supervision of grown men.
I seesawed between three stars and four stars on this, but I don't like giving three-star ratings, so went with my default four stars.
Fair warning, some of the story has one wild colony of ants raiding the colony of ants of a different color, slaughtering, and carting babies away, leaving body parts behind. It's not overdone, but if you idolize nature, you might not like it.
There's a nice balance, I think, between how much the boys are allowed to do things on their own, and when they are under able supervision of grown men.
I seesawed between three stars and four stars on this, but I don't like giving three-star ratings, so went with my default four stars.
November 4, 2010
My favorite part about it is when the black ants and red ants fight.
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