The Ant and the Grasshopper
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Bessada, Maissa
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1998
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This is one of a set of four books that come in a carrying-case with a matched green and maroon pattern. Each booklet has a stiff cover and sixteen slick pages. The same pattern occurs across the page-tops inside each book. There are some fascinating compromises and liberties in Bessada's version of the story. Good-time Grasshopper spends every day playing his miniature guitar and singing. Agatha Ant actually picks up the grasshopper's suggestion to notice the new robin baby and talk to the family. She takes small breaks and enjoys the summer more than any she can remember. Then things happen quickly. The grasshopper waves to some birds flying south, takes a nap, and wakes up covered in snow! His guitar is lost under the snow. Agatha gives him one meal in her one-person home, and then he has to go right back out into the cold. In the end, I am not sure that the compromises work. It is nice to see the ant learn to enjoy things but strange to see her alone. Does the fable have its proper punch when it closes with the grasshopper's statement that he will change his ways next year?
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DS-Max; ©1997 Bessada Gagné
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4013 (Access ID)