My Brother, Ant (Penguin Young Readers, Level 3)

This book is an endearing set of 4 short stories that had me grinning from the heart and my kids (age 6) laughing hysterically. "Love, Ant" is such an endearing story about thanking Santa... "Spider" is very cute as 'Ant' explains to his smart brother that the drawing on the homework paper is not a spider..."Monster" is sweet when Ant's big brother gets rid of the monster under his bed..."3 Little Figs" is laugh out loud funny as Anthony's big brother misreads a classic to him... This is the story that sent me looking for this set of books because my dad misread stories to me and I misread stories to my kids. As I read the rest of the stories I fell in love with all of them!

My youngest really got into this title. I think the nature of the relationship between big and little brother really spoke to him :)

Its a Xmas gift. Its looks like my grandson will love it!

"My Brother, Ant" has the stories of the boy who is afraid of the monster under his bed, who draws a picture on his brother's homework, who insists his brother read a story the way it's written, and who writes a thank you letter to Santa in July. It is also the story of his older brother who vanquishes the monster, who finds a solution to the picture on his homework, who finally begins to read the story the way it's written, and who takes dictation of the letter to Santa. This book accomplishes something that most easy readers do not: it appeals to the younger child for whom this level of readers are generally written, but it also appeals to a slower reader of an age group several years older. Ingeniously, it has all of the best features of an easy reader: many sight words but an easy vocabulary--including recognizable compound words, and short sentences amidst a lot of space on the pages. Best of all, it's funny, and the dialog and pictures are magnificent!

My Brother, Ant, written by the great Betsy Byars, and Illustrated by Marc Simont, is sure to be just the ticket to encourage your child to enjoy reading. Unlike the sing-songy, uneventful easy readers of days past, this story is delightful and engaging. Ant's older brother tells the story, and while he is often exasperated by his younger siblings "ANT-ics", the love shines through. The words are simple, but they are woven skillfully to create an enjoyable read. Mix that with the humorous, jump off the page illustrations and you've got a winner!

僕と弟Ant(Anthony)の日常のエピソードです。短い話が全部で４話入っています。・ベッドの下にモンスターがいると言って泣いているAntと僕の話し。・Antに宿題の紙に蜘蛛？の絵を書かれてしまう僕の話し。・Antに本を読んであげる僕の話し。・Antに頼まれて７月にサンタに手紙を書く僕の話し。以上４話とも僕の一人称で書いてあります。読みやすかったです。どのお話も可愛らしくて微笑ましくて幸せな気持ちになりました。全ページに挿絵が入っていて絵本感覚で読めます。