There's an Ant in Anthony

by Bernard Most

Can you find an ant in the name Anthony? A black ant? A red ant? A fire ant? How about a carpenter ant? Or is the ant in Anthony not an insect at all?

Genres: Picture Books, Fiction, Realistic Fiction

40 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

Bernard Most is an author of children's books, especially books about dinosaurs. He lives in Westchester County, New York with his wife, two cats, and many fish.

Reviews

[Kimberly · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun book that might encourage kids to think of words in a new way.

[Vanessa Richards · Rating 4 out of 5]

This talks about a boy named Anthony who found ANT in his name and wanted to find other words that also had ANT in them. This book is great for early literacy because it makes students think about the words that are on the page and not only that but the ones that are in ANT were in red instead of the regular black color. This would make a great read-aloud or a small group activity.
Author: Bernard Most
Illustrator: Bernard Most
Publisher: HarperCollins May 22, 1992

[Hailey Licata · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is engaging and creative. It is definitely easily turned into a whole class read that is easily prompted to question kids, make them think and even take guesses within reason. I like that ant is dilated in red, and that it really helps kids see how words are built. Plus there is a bit of humor that kids really enjoy.

[Abigail Ortiz]

I think that this book could be very useful to English teachers teaching 3rd to 5th grade because of the little boy finding the word ant in other words, I think this could make it fun for other kids to read and just help them reganize that ant is in other words to.

[Olivia McCorrison · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a fun book to read, and I think younger kids would really enjoy it. It is interactive as well, as it points out all the different words you can find "ant" in. I think children would enjoy finding the words in a read-aloud.

[Brittney Cayford]

This is a great book for visuals and observational learners. Anthony looks around his surroundings and other places for for the “ANT”. Many lessons can be correlated with this book with other words that have words within.

[Cynthia]

It is a good book for teaching word families. I enjoyed the read and would read it again.

[skcocnaH · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 clever concept and, I loved the black and red color scheme. The illustrative style wasn’t my favorite.

[Jamie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the way the author found words with "ant" in them and used them well. This is a great book for beginning readers or children just starting to recognize how letters fit into words.

[Ms. Cody · Rating 4 out of 5]

I use this book to teach the strategy of looking for little words (or chunks) in big words.

[Rachel Feather · Rating 5 out of 5]

Within word pattern recognition