Books with title Grasshopper

THE ANT & THE GRASSHOPPER - AN AESOP FABLE - BY R.F. GILMORAesop Fable: Just like the Boy Scout's motto: Be Prepared. This lesson is learned by the silly Grasshopper who sings and dances all summer long. He watches the Ant carry food to his ant hill to store for the winter. This version is told in rhythmic verse which is a strategy used for beginning and young readers. Wonderfully illustrated by Eugenia Meli, the characters are vividly brought to life for the young reader or listener. The author, R.F. Gilmor continues this series, "Lessons of Aesop" with the Lion & The Mouse. Enjoy the adventures, fun and lessons quietly taught and learned.Recommended by The Gunston Trust for Nonviolence in Children's Literature.Ages 3-10+

This title in the Bugs series features some of the great athletes and musicians of the insect world. The book explores how grasshoppers can jump twenty times the length of their bodies, how they produce their songs, the many places they live, their life cycle, and what grasshoppers eat. Included in the grasshopper family are katydids, and locusts that gather in swarms of billions, eating everything in sight.

Chicken? Abner is not a chicken, no matter what his brother Derek says. But when it comes to giving a speech in front of the whole town, Abner is . . . well . . . he's more than a little nervous. Then his sister Tate has an idea--bravery lessons. And the first one? Eat a roasted grasshopper. But Abner forgot something important. There's magic in the ground under his family's house and grasshoppers hatch from eggs laid in the ground. So what, exactly, would happen if a kid ate a grasshopper that had been soaking up magic all year long? BOING! Lynne Jonell follows up her Minnesota Book Award finalist, Texas Bluebonnet Master List choice, and Junior Library Guild selection Hamster Magic with a third story of the Willow family's rowdy run-ins with mixed-up magic.

What happens when a 6 year old and a bug discover that they have the same favorite spot in the park? This is a story about sharing, about overcoming fear, and looking at the same situation from a different perspective to understand how another participant in an event might feel.This is a story for young kids, and help them learn about how bravery and sharing go hand in hand!