Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper?

Title

en_US Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper?

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US First edition

en_US Toni & Slade Morrison

Creator

en_US Lemaître, Pascal See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US LeMaitre, Pascal

Date

2016-01-25T19:13:09Z

en_US 2003-07

en_US 2003

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:13:09Z

Date Issued

en_US 2003

Abstract

en_US I had noticed this book being offered, sometimes for outrageous prices, in the last few weeks. During a short stop in Sonoma, I decided to ask for it in this lovely bookshop. Their computer said that they had copies, but they had trouble finding one of them. The flyleaf already speaks to me when it proclaims We, the creators of 'Who's Got Game?,' were inspired by the wonder of Aesop's Fables--their vitality, their endless demand for new interpretations. Lively verse combines with contemporary cartoons to update this fable. Foxy G (a grasshopper) and Kid A (an ant) hang in the park and romp each day until dark. As vacation ends, Kid A does the chores and shops the shores, while Foxy G sings on. In fact, the music so infects Kid A that he dances while he works. Winter finds Foxy G in a cardboard box in the park wanting to finish one more tune before nightfall. Foxy G has the usual encounter with Kid A, who is quite smug and comfortable. Angry, Foxy G proclaims Art is work. It just looks like play. The two go their separate ways, and the book ends with its title question. Well done!

Identifier

en_US 743222474

en_US 4600 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/80254

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Scribner

en_US New York

Subject

en_US PS3563.O8749 A58 2003 See all items with this value

en_US Toni & Slade Morrison See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole