The Ant and the Grasshopper

Title

en_US The Ant and the Grasshopper

en_US A Neal Porter Book

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US First printing

en_US Rebecca Emberley and Ed Emberley

Creator

en_US Emberley, Ed See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Emberley, Rebecca

Date

2016-01-25T20:36:29Z

en_US 2013-06

en_US 2012

Date Available

2016-01-25T20:36:29Z

Date Issued

en_US 2012

Abstract

en_US Here is an almost psychedelic, highly colorful, New Orleans inspired presentation of GA. I have never seen ant-eyes as wild as those we meet right from the start, on the cover and in the first pages. The first two lines make an excellent beginning: Somewhere on the boulevard of backyards an ant was struggling with the remnants of a picnic. How lovely! Our first view then of the grasshopper is upside down, accompanied by his buggy band. The ant falls in love with the music. It comforts her and makes her work easiser. The band accompanies her, playing all the way, back to the colony. To my surprise, the ant then invites them, in gratitude, into the cool of the underground. This approach to the story takes La Fontaine and even Disney to a new level. There is nothing at all negative anywhere from the ant or ants. This version of the fable does not just ask for a bedrudging recognition of the artist. It invites a wild celebration of the place of music in life. Laissez les bon temps roulez indeed! The moral of this telling is well expressed: And the music . . . Made everything brighter.

Identifier

en_US 9781596434936 (alk. paper)

en_US 9065 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/84264

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Roaring Brook Press

en_US New York

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.E5665 An 2012 See all items with this value

en_US One fable See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole