The Ants And The Grasshoppper

Aesop's Fables, attributed to the legendary storyteller Aesop from ancient Greece, comprise a collection of succinct and timeless moral tales. These fables feature animal characters, each symbolizing human qualities or foibles, and they convey essential moral lessons through engaging and straightforward narratives. Their hallmark characteristics include simplicity, accessibility, and universal themes that explore human behavior, ethics, and wisdom across a wide range of scenarios. These fables remain enduring classics, such as "The Tortoise and the Hare" and "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," continuing to captivate readers of all ages by imparting moral wisdom through memorable storytelling.

A simple retelling of a favourite Aesop fable. Grasshopper thinks Ant should stop working so hard and just enjoy the hot summer. But what will happen when the cold winter comes?

In this stunning companion to the Caldecott Medal-winning The Lion & the Mouse and the highly acclaimed The Tortoise & the Hare, a playful grasshopper wonders why the busy ants around him won't join in his merrymaking as the seasons pass by. But when winter arrives, he soon sees the value of his friends' hard work--just as the ants learn the value of sharing what they've worked for. Featuring a striking, surprise gatefold page, this third book in Jerry Pinkney's gorgeous trilogy of picture book fables subtly suggests a resonant moral: Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today.

Work and play are both important, in this fresh, heartwarming take on a classic fable from Aesop. Full color.

A classic fable that children love, with a lesson about the importance of hard work, and planning for the future. This classic story adapted for Cali's Books and wonderfully illustrated with hand-drawings by Clara Spinassi also brings this classic story into the future with modern characters and features selected colored text to introduce your little one to word recognition.Cali's Recordable Book Collection is all about transitioning to longer stories and listening to fairy tales through the voice of our favorite storyteller. Parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles; with our technology, anyone can record their voice so your children can hear them tell these stories time and time again and enjoy that special bond.This book is gift-ready! It comes with 3 size AAA batteries that can be easily replaced and a specially designed gift box! The Ants and the Grasshopper - 2022 edition is compatible with My Story Blank Booklet - 2022 Edition. Add a My Story Blank Booklet to your basket and transform your recordable book into your own story!Reader discretion:? This is an adaptation of a classic fairy tale from the 19th century. To keep the charm of the original version, this book may include opinionated insects and themes linked to food hoarding.

‘The Ant and The Grass Hopper’ is a fable that teaches the importance of planning, of self-reliance and hard work. The frolicking grass hopper spends his summer dancing and never working while the ant makes sure to put aside supplies for the coming winter. It is a tale that resonates to this day thanks to its important message of the importance of hard work as well as having fun. It is great reading for all ages on the importance of being able to plan and support yourself. Aesop's fables feature animals, legendary creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature that speak, solve problems, and generally have human characteristics. All the stories story lead to a particular moral lesson. Aesop (620-564 BCE) was a Greek story teller and fabulist who’s collection of fables continue to resonate and be taught to this day. His work is characterised by animals and inanimate objects with distinctly human traits, that speak and solve problems. None of his original work survives to this day, it is thanks to his popularity that his works survive in sources from Aristotle, Plutarch and Herodotus. Little is known about him but ancient stories describe him as an exceptionally ugly slave who, thanks to his cleverness, acquired his freedom, becoming an advisor to Kings and city-states.

Ant and Grasshopper can’t agree over how to spend the summer. Who will be right when winter comes? Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton, specially written for children just starting to read alone. This ebook includes audio and reading-related puzzles. "Crack reading and make confident and enthusiastic readers with this fantastic reading programme." - Julia Eccleshare

Why wasn't the grasshopper preparing for winter like the industrious ants were? The grasshopper himself treats readers to HIS side of this classic Aesop's fable in a first-person narrative that celebrates friendship and music, and subtly teaches the concept of perspective. Includes a condensed version of the original fable and discussion questions.