Alice and Gert: An Ant and Grasshopper Story
Helaine Becker
(Author)
Dena Seiferling
(Illustrator)
Description
It's high summer in the meadow where Alice the ant and Gert the grasshopper live. Alice is hard at work preparing for winter, harvesting heavy loads of seeds. Meanwhile, Gert prefers to play, since winter is ages away. Gert dances through the long days of summer, singing, performing, and creating art out of flowers and leaves. Alice tries to convince Gert to work, but Gert wants to have fun--and to entertain Alice, too! She hates to see Alice work so hard. When winter arrives, Gert's nest is cold and her food supplies are low. But rather than refusing to share, Alice acknowledges the value of Gert's work and the beauty of the art that lightened her load. Alice repays Gert's kindness by sharing her hard-won food. Based on the classic story of the ant and grasshopper, this is a modern fable with a heartwarming twist that values diverse contributions and honors friendship and the power of art.
Product Details
Price
$17.95
$16.69
Publisher
Owlkids
Publish Date
August 15, 2020
Pages
24
Dimensions
8.1 X 9.7 X 0.5 inches | 0.75 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781771473583
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Helaine Becker est l'auteure de nombreux livres jeunesse primés. Elle a écrit plus de 80livres, dont Raconte-moi les graphiques: L'histoire de William Playfair et l'album illustré à succès Un porc-épic dans un sapin. Helaine habite à Toronto, en Ontario.
DENA SEIFERLING is an illustrator and needle-felt artist living in Calgary, Alberta, with her husband, two children and two dogs. Alice and Gert is her second picture book. Her first book, King Mouse, written by Cary Fagan, was shortlisted for a Governor General's Award.