In this easy-to-read retelling of the classic Aesop's fable, the ant works hard all summer to get ready for winter. The grasshopper doesn't work at all. He plays, sings, and relaxes. When the winter comes, the ant is totally prepared. Will the grasshopper learn his lesson?

A Retelling of Aesop's Fable

The Ant and the Grasshopper

Aesop&#39;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.

‘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.

A collection of animal fables told by the Greek slave Aesop.

Aesop's Fables

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?

Aesop's Fables: The Ant and the Grasshopper

In this version of the classic fable, a weary ant is energized by the swinging sounds of a grasshopper and his &quot;buggy&quot; band.

In this version of the classic fable, a weary ant is energized by the swinging sounds of a grasshopper and his "buggy" band.

Retells the fable about an industrious ant that busily prepares for the approaching winter while a grasshopper makes no plans for the cold weather to come.

While an ant works hard all summer long to feed her children and store food for the winter, her neighbor, a cheerful but lazy grasshopper, relaxes in the sun.

Aesop's charming fable retold for beginner readers to tackle with very light support. Ant and Grasshopper can't agree over how to spend the summer. Who will be right when winter comes?

Ant and the Grasshopper

But the ant is too busy preparing for winter. What will the grasshopper do? Find out when you sing along to The Ant and the Grasshopper Includes online music access.

In this Classic Fable in Rhythm and Rhyme, a cheerful grasshopper asks an ant to come and play. But the ant is too busy preparing for winter. What will the grasshopper do? Find out when you sing along to The Ant and the Grasshopper Includes online music access.

Featuring a striking, surprise gatefold page, this third book in Jerry Pinkney&#39;s gorgeous trilogy of picture book fables subtly suggests a resonant moral: Don&#39;t put off for tomorrow what you can do today.

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.

The Grasshopper & the Ants

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.

Ant and Grasshopper

Excessive in everything he does, Max learns an important lesson about the fragile state of the environment after he causes a power outage--inspiring him to work with others to become more &quot;green&quot; in order to help save the planet that he ...

Excessive in everything he does, Max learns an important lesson about the fragile state of the environment after he causes a power outage--inspiring him to work with others to become more "green" in order to help save the planet that he loves. Original.

One Little Monster Learns to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

I Can Save the Earth!

Grasshopper doesn&#39;t prepare for winter, but Ant shows him true friendship.

Grasshopper doesn't prepare for winter, but Ant shows him true friendship.

Read Aloud Classics: The Ant and the Grasshopper Big Book Shared Reading Book

The New Oxford Progressive English Readers offer a great selection of classic novels and plays from renowned authors that have been abridged in the form of easy-to-read stories for children to enjoy.

Ant and the Grasshopper and Other Stories by Aesop

A boy tending sheep on a lonely mountainside thinks it a fine joke to cry &quot;wolf&quot; and watch the people come running, until the day a wolf is really there and no one answers his call. Includes a word puzzle and reading tips for parents.

A boy tending sheep on a lonely mountainside thinks it a fine joke to cry "wolf" and watch the people come running, until the day a wolf is really there and no one answers his call. Includes a word puzzle and reading tips for parents.

The Boy who Cried Wolf

A grasshopper who sings and dances all summer while the ants diligently gather food, winds up cold and hungry when winter arrives.