The Ant or the Grasshopper?

The Ant or the Grasshopper? - Paperback

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The Ant or the Grasshopper? - Paperback

The Ant or the Grasshopper? - Paperback

by Toni Morrison , Slade Morrison
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by Toni Morrison (Author), Slade Morrison (Author), Pascal Lemaitre (Illustrator)

A hip, sly, exuberant retelling of Aesop's fable, for children of all ages--written by Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison and her son Slade Morrison, and ingeniously illustrated by Pascal Lemaitre.

"How can you say I never worked a day? ART is WORK. It just looks like play," so says Foxy G to his buddy Kid A, in Toni and Slade Morrison's sassy, sly tale of friendship, betrayal, and survival--or not.

Generation after generation, classic fables, folklore, and myth remain popular because they quicken the imagination of readers and listeners of all ages. We, the creators of the Who's Got Game? series were inspired by the wonder of Aesop's Fables--their vitality, their endless demand for more interpretations. In our versions the original stories are opened up and their moralistic endings reimagined; the victim might not lose; the timid gets a chance to become strong; the fool can gain insight; the powerful may lose their grip. Anything can happen!

Author Biography

Toni Morrison (1931-2019) was a Nobel Prize-winning American author, editor, and professor. Her contributions to the modern canon are numerous. Some of her acclaimed titles include: The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, and Beloved, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988. She won the Nobel Prize for Literature 1993.

Slade Morrison was born in Ohio and educated in New York City. He studied art at SUNY Purchase and collaborated with his mother, Toni Morrison, on five books for children.

Pascal Lemaitre illustrated Toni and Slade Morrison's bestselling Who's Got Game?: Three Fables, as well as many other books for children. He and his family divide their time between Brussels, Belgium, where he teaches illustration, and Brooklyn, New York. Visit him online at PascalLemaitre.com.
Number of Pages: 36
Dimensions: 0.2 x 8.8 x 8 IN
Publication Date: June 14, 2014
ISBN9781476792699
Author Toni Morrison , Slade Morrison
PublisherScribner Book Company
GenreChildren
FormatPaperback
PublishedJune 2014
LanguageENG- English
Pages36
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids
Print SizeStandard Print

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