The Grasshopper & the Ants by Jerry PInkney

The grasshopper can't understand why the ants are so busy getting ready for winter.  As the seasons pass, the grasshopper can't understand why the ants are so busy working.  When winter arrives the grasshopper sees the value of the work the ants did while he played.  Through pages including simple sentences as well as a series of wordless, powerfully illustrated pages, the story of the ants and the grasshopper is told with the same wisdom.  Jerry Pinkney never disappoints.

Text:  5 Buckeye leaves
Illustrations:  5 Buckeye leaves

You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short FABLES

Author Mary Ann Hoberman and illustrator Michael Emberley are back again in the fifth book of the You Read to Me series. This installment covers fables such as The Boy Who Cried Wolf, The Hare and the Tortoise, The Lion and the Mouse, and the Grasshopper and the Ant, to name a few. Each short fable is set up, just as in the pervious books, with the idea that two (at least) readers will be sitting together reading. (If you are unfamiliar with these books, see below as a sample) Saying students LOVE these books is an understatement. Kid's will sit for hours with friends taking turns reading the parts. These are also perfect books for parent and child to read together. Would make a great gift for early reader.

Story: 5 Buckeye leaves
Illustrations: 5 Buckeye Leaves