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K-Gr 2—Industrious Ant and pesty, music-loving Grasshopper move beyond Aesop's pointed lesson on negligence to a quite different moral as Gray further develops their relationship in this engaging, extended story. The plot unfolds in familiar fashion but with considerably more dialogue and character development. Ant is a rich, hardworking, bean-counting fellow. Grasshopper is a bothersome distraction. "It's June, Ant! The sun is warm; the sky is blue. Come out and dance...." Ferri expands the funin fulsome watercolor scenes of Ant'...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Ant compulsively counts his food stores while Grasshopper incessantly makes music. In a departure from tradition, Ant misses the fiddlin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More