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”Why labor so long?” Grasshopper chirped. “It's summertime. Let's have a picnic of fresh, yummy leaves. Come join me in making music!”

The title illustrations are so fitting! Pinkney uses elements of the story like the characters (ants and the grasshopper) and settings (sticks and leaves) in the title pages.

Jerry Pinkney once again perfectly encapsulates the whimsical energy of a fable trough his illustrations. I would absolutely use this one to explore the moral of the fable with students. The story emphasizes traits like working hard, being prepared, but also being generous. Jerry Pinkney explains in his artist‘s note that he took liberties with the ending where he has the ants share what they have and the grasshopper learns his lesson.

5✨I need to do more book reviews for my kids library books. This is the latest sweet read that I would recommend it was so cute! Snail sees cabbage on the other side of the road and is cabbage bound. Snail has obstacles in his way, but he is not going to stop until he gets his cabbage.

This book expresses the golden rule: do something nice and nice things will come to you. Be charitable and the grateful will help you when you need help.

I enjoyed this book, my first from Tananarive Due. It was spooky while also dealing with heavier themes of death, grief, the foster care system, and overall the experience of being Black in America. You really can‘t help but feel for Aisha since she‘s so young and has lost so much. Maybe we all need a lil dark entity to take care of us every once in awhile 😭 #DeweysApril2024 #readathon #GraphicNovel #Horror #TananariveDue

While this was a quick listen, I didn‘t enjoy it as much as I had hoped to… I love the premise of these monster ants uprising against humanity and bestowing a transformation amongst mammals to help enact the war against their owners… but at times the action got a bit muddled & I wanted more character development. The friendship that binds Mort(e) to Sheba is the most redeeming quality here but I‘m only mildly curious about what happens next.

Impulse buy ("for my kid") at the butterfly conservatory gift shop this weekend. ?

Me to my husband on the way home: I was such a sucker for books like this as a kid! ...Er, and obviously still am, since I bought this like two seconds after I saw it...

#bookhaul #raisingreaders

“A cup of tea?” Asked Queen Ant.
“How kind of you,” said Grasshopper

This book is a good morning meeting book for pre-K through 2nd grade students. There is a valuable moral that can be discussed after the book is done. After the emphasis on play in Pre-K, this book would be good for early year kindergartners to learn the value of balancing work and play.

Originally one of Aesop‘s Fables, this retelling by Jerry Pinkney tells the story of a grasshopper who‘s all play, and the ants who are all work. Although he tries, the grasshopper has a hard time convincing the ants to take a break. When winter rolls around the grasshopper is alone in the cold, he is invited inside by the ants. Each learn the value of a work and play balance.