![]() ![]() When it releases in April, I am buying a box of them to give as presents. I want to thrust it into the hands of everyone I see. It's too mild to describe my response to the art in this latest offering by a master. ![]() Stunning just isn't the word to use up top there, in the summary. He thought this was a cool story and gave it 3 stars. I assumed he would be all into the grasshopper, but he liked the ants. Jerry Pinkney outdid himself with this artwork. The colors are vivid and so much is going on. Some of us get different roles.Īnyway, the book is worth just looking at the watercolors. I like this interpretation better as it asserts that we all have a role to play and it’s not the same for all of us. It’s like he gets to sing for his supper here. In this story, in winter the ants relax more and they enjoy hearing the grasshoppers music and stories and they dance with him. Some artist have a hard time with the day to day, but they can lift spirits while others work. I have come to think of this story as the archetype for a musician or wondering minstrel. I liked the cartoon without thinking too much about it. ![]() I remember the Disney cartoon and it has a very grim ending when the ants send the grasshopper off to starve to death in winter. The ants at the end have compassion on the grasshopper and they feed him, while the grasshopper entertains them. Holy Cow, the artwork in the story is beautiful. ![]()
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