Grasshopper
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
Named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus
“Gloriously inventive.”—New York Times
“Any youngster who enjoys critters and nature will appreciate this book.”—5 STARS, Youth Services Book Review
Kids ages 4-7 will get lost in the imaginative world of this wordless picture book!
In this colorful and moving portrait told from the up-close perspectives of a young girl and a grasshopper, a garden comes alive with creatures, plants, and surprises of nature.
Grasshopper encourages young readers to:
Explore nature around them with curiosity and imaginationRespect nature and the creatures who call it their home
While investigating and admiring the insects in her garden, a young girl discovers how her actions impact the little creatures she finds, like a caterpillar inside a pea pod. When she places the caterpillar on an anthill, the ants swarm it!
When she captures a grasshopper, she discovers one of its legs has fallen off. To keep it safe from the ants, she places it in a jar—only for another curious creature to come investigate.
As the day progresses, the girl learns the profound effect she can have on the natural world around her.
An Aldana Libros Book, Greystone Kids
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A wordless story by Russian artist Ukhova imagines a red-haired, pink-skinned child with freckles blundering into a small universe beneath their feet. Sunbathing amid lush green growth, and sporting a comically large pair of sunglasses, they are initially annoyed with ants discovering their nose, then begin studying the ants and anthill. They first spy a green caterpillar—introducing it to the ants leads to its untimely end—and then a scarablike blue beetle that flies in unpredictable directions, making a path through the air that's traced in scriptlike curlicues. Then the child finds the grasshopper, seen in dramatic close-up. It's not just interesting; it's downright glamorous, with flashy red legs and threadlike antennae. The child gives it a home, and a companion—but not for long. Ukhova works in broad painted lines, bathing everything in vibrant color and capturing the protagonist's quickly changing emotions—dismay, amazement, absorption, fondness—as the wild animals, the human included, engage in a display of nature's chaotic nature. Instead of an idealized view of a young expert at work, Ukhova's child acts out of believable curiosity and impulse, and is observed as closely by readers as the insects. Ages 4–7.
