Pines and Plains Libraries

Illustrations and simple text introduce preschoolers to the world of grasshoppers, describing how they move, what they eat, and what they look like.

In this retelling of the classic Aesop fable, hardworking ants stock up for the winter while a fun-loving grasshopper plays all year long, until the cold weather arrives and he realizes his mistake in not planning ahead.

An inventive ant name Flik hires "warrior bugs" to defend his colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers, led by Hopper.

In this variation of the old tale of the ant who gathers food for winter, and the grasshopper who does not prepare, there is an unexpected ending.