Product Description

This is a new title in the fantastic "First Reading" series, aimed at children who are beginning to read. It is a thoughtful retelling of Aesop's fable. It's the middle of summer and while the grasshopper is enjoying himself, the ant is busy preparing for winter and when winter arrives both the ant and the grasshopper learn something about the merits of hard work. This key series was developed in conjunction with reading expert Allison Kelly from the University of Surrey, a reading specialist. Every title has clear and compelling text that allows children to build their burgeoning reading skills and is accompanied by charming and highly appealing illustrations.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #120355 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-26
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 32 pages

Customer Reviews

Hard work pays off but compassion is the key in this retelling of the classic tale
by Katie Daynes for the Usborne First Reading series of books.

USBORNE FIRST READING is graded into FOUR levels, this particular book is: LEVEL ONE.

From the back cover:-

'Ant and Grasshopper can't agree over how to spend the summer.
Who will be right when winter comes?........'

Colourful and durable hard-board covers open to 32 high quality shiny pages in the popular 2-page spread format.
Numbered pages, complete with kingfisher blue bookmark to keep your place!
Beautiful illustrations throughout, from Merel Eyckerman, which are further enhanced by meaningful facial expressions.
A simple, easy-to-read line of text on each page which includes some speech lines or speech bubbles.

Example of text:-

'Grasshopper sings in the sun.
Ant works.
"Play with me," says Grasshopper.
"I can't," says Ant.......'

and so the discussion develops into a debate between the happy-go-lucky grasshopper and the more philosophical ant!

A PUZZLES section starts on page 24 with 3 puzzles:-

a) Match the Word/Pictures
b) Spot the Differences
c) Choose the Best Sentence

followed by the answers, on pages 30/31 and a note about the story:-

'The Ant and the Grasshopper' is one of Aesop's fables, a collection of stories first told in Ancient Greece around 4,000 years ago......'
Each story has a "moral" (a message or lesson) at the end........'

Other titles from LEVEL ONE include:-

The Sun and the Wind
The Fox and the Crow
The Wish Fish
The Fox and the Stork