The Ant and the Grasshopper

Title

en_US The Ant and the Grasshopper

en_US Four Fantastic Fables by Aesop

Description

en_US Adapted by Maissa Bessada

Creator

en_US Bessada, Maissa See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Gagne, Denis

Date

2016-01-25T19:02:20Z

en_US 2001-09

en_US 1998

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:02:20Z

Date Issued

en_US 1998

Abstract

en_US This is one of a set of four books that come in a carrying-case with a matched green and maroon pattern. Each booklet has a stiff cover and sixteen slick pages. The same pattern occurs across the page-tops inside each book. There are some fascinating compromises and liberties in Bessada's version of the story. Good-time Grasshopper spends every day playing his miniature guitar and singing. Agatha Ant actually picks up the grasshopper's suggestion to notice the new robin baby and talk to the family. She takes small breaks and enjoys the summer more than any she can remember. Then things happen quickly. The grasshopper waves to some birds flying south, takes a nap, and wakes up covered in snow! His guitar is lost under the snow. Agatha gives him one meal in her one-person home, and then he has to go right back out into the cold. In the end, I am not sure that the compromises work. It is nice to see the ant learn to enjoy things but strange to see her alone. Does the fable have its proper punch when it closes with the grasshopper's statement that he will change his ways next year?

Identifier

en_US 1552224163

en_US 4013 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/79353

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US DS-Max; ©1997 Bessada Gagné

en_US Irvine, CA

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.B478 An 1998 See all items with this value

en_US One story See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole