My teachers called me “stupid.” Then I scored highest in the whole school.

Hi, I’m Anthony: single dad, entrepreneur, and creator of Professor ANT.

Reading and spelling were hard for me, and they still are. To this day, I have never read a book cover to cover. From early elementary school, teachers put me in the slow classes. My grades dropped, and instead of real help, I was told I was lazy and didn’t apply myself. Then, in 6th grade, my teacher saw something different and let me join an after-school math class for 8th-grade A students, preparing them for a scholarship exam to a prestigious private high school. I scored the highest in our school and won a scholarship I was too young to use.

That moment taught me that a struggling reader can be a brilliant thinker, and that potential exists in every child, no matter what the system says. It is why every Professor ANT book is short, funny, and built around a question that gets kids thinking for themselves.

Very young, I became the full-time father of my two oldest daughters. With help from my family, I promised myself that giving them the best possible start would be the most important thing I’d ever do. Professor ANT grew out of that promise: books that assume your child is smart, because they are.