Ants

by Melissa Stewart

National Geographic Children’s Books, 2009

for ages 5–7

ISBN 978–1‑42630–608‑2

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Ants are everywhere, and they come in all different shapes, sizes, and colors. These hard-working little creatures thrive wherever they go, adapting as needed to their ever-changing world.

Honors and Awards

Cybils Award Finalist, Easy Reader

Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of the Year

Behind the Book

“Believe it or not, there are more than 10,000,000,000,000,000 and alive right now. That’s a lot of ants. These amazing creep crawlers live in almost anywhere you can think of, so I had no shortage of inspiration as I was researching and writing this book.

“After learning so much about ants, you might wonder if I have a favorite. I do. It’s the Dracula ant, which gets all its nutrients from a single source — the blood from ant larvae. How cool is that?”