The Ant and the Grasshopper: An Aesop's Fable

Title

en_US The Ant and the Grasshopper: An Aesop's Fable

en_US Little Celebrations

Description

Retold by Tom Paxton; illustrated by Philip Webb

Creator

en_US Paxton, Tom See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Webb, Philip

Date

2016-02-16T15:08:30Z

'2015-07

en_US 1996

Date Available

2016-02-16T15:08:30Z

Date Issued

en_US 1996

Abstract

en_US This is a 24-page pamphlet almost 8�" x 6". Each two-page spread gets a three-line stanza that rhymes with a partner. The telling is unusual and careful, I believe. The story ends with the grasshopper shivering in the snow. There is no last episode where the two characters confront each other. The last page's statement is clear: "While the grasshopper shivered/with nothing to eat./We work before we play." The message is modulated enough to be helpful, I think. The ant's repeated message plays on the theme that "Summer will certainly pass" (12). This may be one of the best ways of telling the story to contemporary children. Bravo to Tom Paxton! The illustrations are well suited to this good telling.

Identifier

en_US 0673757528

en_US 10574 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/84568

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Celebration Press: Pearson Learning

en_US Parsippany, NJ

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.P387Ant 1996 See all items with this value

One story See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole