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The ant and the grasshopper

Retells the fable about a colony of industrious ants which busily prepares for the approaching winter while a grasshopper makes no plans for the cold weather to come.

Main Author: Poole, Amy Lowry.
Other Authors: Aesop.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Holiday House, 2000.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Fables > Juvenile fiction.
Folklore > Juvenile.
Summary: Retells the fable about a colony of industrious ants which busily prepares for the approaching winter while a grasshopper makes no plans for the cold weather to come.
Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 0823414779
Author Notes: Though many modern scholars dispute his existence, Aesop's life was chronicled by first century Greek historians who wrote that Aesop, or Aethiop, was born into Greek slavery in 620 B.C. Freed because of his wit and wisdom, Aesop supposedly traveled throughout Greece and was employed at various times by the governments of Athens and Corinth.

Some of Aesop's most recognized fables are The Tortoise and the Hare, The Fox and the Grapes, and The Ant and the Grasshopper. His simple but effective morals are widely used and illustrated for children. (Bowker Author Biography)

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