The Ants and the Grasshopper

Title

en_US The Ants and the Grasshopper

en_US Short Tales

en_US mwst 1

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Adapted by Rob M. Worley

Creator

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Bloodworth, Mark

Date

2016-01-25T20:00:37Z

en_US 2011-02

en_US 2010

Date Available

2016-01-25T20:00:37Z

Date Issued

en_US 2010

Abstract

en_US This is a 32-page adaptation of GA. That this is a creative adaptation of the fable is clear, if not sooner, on 4-5, where the ants above ground wear hard-hats and ants working under the earth wear miners' helmets with lights on them. The grasshopper is marked as frivolous from his first words: Gangway! I'm practicing backflips. Apparently, his backflips tear up their carefully written diagrams and plans. When the ants build a hill on a rainy summer day, one of them holds an umbrella! The grasshopper -- also holding an umbrella -- dances around their anthill. This text uses a red fall day to contrast the ants carrying food home with the grasshopper playing his fiddle. Colors switch again to white for a winter day when the grasshopper has to ask the ants if he can share their home. Ants ask the usual questions -- What were you doing all spring? All summer? All fall? but these ants wear knit woolen caps and hold snow-shovels! Their surprising next statement is To stay warm, you'll have to spend all winter playing! In this picture, they are singing, playing a violin, and shoveling snow. Moral: It is best to prepare for the days of necessity. What actually happens to the grasshopper is left undisclosed here. I like the style of these adaptations. I was inspired when I found The Fox and the Grapes in this series and immediately found and ordered the rest.

Identifier

en_US 9781602705517

en_US 7101 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/82378

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Magic Wagon

en_US Edina, MN

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.W85 An 2010 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