Ant Cities by Arthur Dorros

Ant Cities by Arthur Dorros

Read and find out about ants in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.

Did you ever wonder where an ant goes when it disappears into an anthill? Underneath the hill, there are miles of tunnels and hundreds of rooms!

In this Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children (NSTA/CBC), Arthur Dorros uses simple, easy-to-understand words and colorful illustrations to guide early readers on the life of a harvester ant--and even shows readers how to build their own ant farms.

This is a clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. It's a Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are:

• hands-on and visual
• acclaimed and trusted
• great for classrooms

Top 10 reasons to love LRFOs:

• Entertain and educate at the same time
• Have appealing, child-centered topics
• Developmentally appropriate for emerging readers
• Focused; answering questions instead of using survey approach
• Employ engaging picture book quality illustrations
• Use simple charts and graphics to improve visual literacy skills
• Feature hands-on activities to engage young scientists
• Meet national science education standards
• Written/illustrated by award-winning authors/illustrators & vetted by an expert in the field
• Over 130 titles in print, meeting a wide range of kids' scientific interests

Books in this series support the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.

For as long as he can remember, Arthur Dorros (arthurdorros.com) has loved words, drawings, and books. He was photographed eating a few when he was one and a half years old. His latter experiences inspired him to write novels. He sat on the tail of a ten-foot alligator when he was four years old. The alligator, fortunately, had been well fed.

Alligator Shoes, one of his earliest published works, developed out of that adventure. Since 1980, he has written and/or illustrated a wide range of popular books, ranging from nonfiction idea science books to high-flying stories like the award-winning Abuela. Before starting to make books, he worked as a carpenter, teacher, farm laborer, longshoreman, and photographer, among other things. He enjoys learning about and meeting new people, as well as exploring global parallels and differences.

He incorporates everything he discovers into his books as a writer and illustrator. Dorros currently resides in Seattle, Washington, and enjoys speaking with children at schools across the United States and abroad about telling their own stories. His books have been named Reading Rainbow Books, ALA Outstanding Books, American Bookseller Pick of the Lists, NCSS Notable Trade Books in the Subject of Social Sciences, Parent's Choice Award, Storytime Public TV Selection, and Booklist Editors' Choice, among other honors.