Are you a Grasshopper? (Backyard Books)

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Did you know that a grasshopper makes its distinctive sound by rubbing its bristly hind legs together? Amazing discoveries abound in this intriguing tale of a day in the life of a grasshopper.

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a wonderful find..........2002-06-12

What a great book! My 2 year old was going through a fear of insects phase and this book helped tremendously. Not only did it educate her on the life cycle of the grasshopper, it did so without talking down to her. Now, she actually looks forward to going outside to "visit all her bugs".

Grasshopper on the Road (I Can Read Book 2)

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Elena's Mom
Grasshopper Review
Stories For Children / Allegories for Adults
Grasshopper on The Road
Grasshopper on the Road

Grasshopper on the Road (I Can Read Book 2)

Manufacturer: HarperTrophy
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 006444094X

Book Description

`Grasshopper, insouciant hero of Lobel's free-and-easy reader, goes where the road leads, en route unsettling a series of set-in-their-ways insects.' —SLJ. `One of the richest examples of characterization in the beginning-to-read genre.' —BL.

Notable Children's Book of 1978 (ALA)
1979 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book)
"Best of the Best" Children's Books 1966-1978 (SLJ)
Children's Choices for 1979 (IRA/CBC)
Garden State Children's Book Award—Easy to Read (New Jersey Library Association)

Customer Reviews:

Elena's Mom.......2007-03-20

I bought this book along with the Owl At Home for my 22 mo. old who loves for me to read to her. She really enjoys the book and can refer to the story titles that she wants me to read, however, in "The Club" story the words "stupid" and "dummy" are used. I penciled them out and replaced them with "silly". I feel that my 22 mo. old does not needs to learn these word right now. Other then that I recommend this book.

Grasshopper Review.......2005-03-01

I would recommend this book to anyone, both young and old. The grasshopper wants to go on a journey and he finds a road. On this road he encounters many insects different from himself. His meetings are funny and make you want to turn the page to see what he might encounter next. It is easy to read for early readers and is a cute and silly story that makes reading fun.

Stories For Children / Allegories for Adults.......2002-10-09

A grasshopper has six different encounters on his journey through the 57 pages of this book. In the first encounter, "The Club," he meets a group of beetles that enthusiastically rally for "morning," but become rather cross when they discover that the grasshopper loves "afternoon" and "night" too. In the second encounter, "A New House," the grasshopper comes upon a worm that lives in an apple, which suddenly begins to "roll down the road" and smashes "into a hundred pieces." The completely unfazed worm then crawls into "a new house," as if the previous home meant nothing at all. In the third encounter, "The Sweeper," the grasshopper runs into a housefly that is intent on sweeping "until the whole world is clean." In the fourth encounter, "The Voyage," the grasshopper comes in contact with a know-it-all mosquito that insists that the grasshopper use a "little boat" to cross a tiny "puddle" that the grasshopper could easily step over because "it is a rule" and "rules are rules." In the fifth encounter, "Always," the grasshopper, who does "something different every day of his life," meets three butterflies who "do the same thing at the same time each and every day." In the final encounter, "At Evening," the grasshopper comes across two dragonflies "zipping and zooming" around so rapidly that they "do not have time to look at" nature's wonders, as opposed to the grasshopper who is "happy to be walking slowly down the road" taking in everything. A child who has learned to read at age four will be able to handle this at age five and six, but will most likely not comprehend the intended satire and allegory.

Grasshopper on The Road.......2001-06-02

I thought this book was fine. I like the book. This book is a neat book.

Grasshopper on the Road.......2001-05-17

I like the book called Grasshopper on the Road. Grasshopper wants to go on an adventure. He finds a road. He finds one that goes all around town. In his adventure he meets some bugs along the way. I would give it a 4. I like the pictures and story but I didn't like all the dark colors that the illustrator used. Dark colors are gloomy.

Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States

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Field Guide to Grasshoppers
grahoppers
A Must for Insect Collectors
This is a great book
from a Canadian perspective

Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States
John L. Capinera , Ralph D. Scott , and Thomas J. Walker
Manufacturer: Cornell University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America

ASIN: 0801489482

Book Description

In much of North America, crickets and katydids provide the soundtrack to summer nights, and grasshoppers frequent the fields and roadsides of midsummer days. Although insects from this group have long been the bane of those who make their living from the land, grasshoppers, katydids, and crickets are themselves crucial food sources for many species of birds, reptiles and amphibians, and other creatures.

Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States introduces readers to the biology, behavior, and ecological significance of one of the most obvious (abundant, large, and colorful) and important (ecologically and economically significant) insect groups in North America, the order Orthoptera. A simple, illustrated identification guide assists the reader in distinguishing among the various groups and narrows down the options to expedite identification. The book treats more than a third of the species found in the United States and Canada in brief, easy-to-understand sections that provide information on distribution, identification, ecology, and similar species. Distribution maps accompany each profile, and 206 species are pictured in color. Black-and-white drawings highlight distinguishing characteristics of some of the more difficult-to-identify species. Sonograms provide a graphic representation of the insects' distinctive sounds, which may be heard on Thomas J. North America.

This is the first treatment of North American grasshoppers, katydids, and crickets to portray the insects in full color, and it will be the first time many amateur naturalists and students have the opportunity to see the amazing and colorful world of Orthoptera, because many are cryptically colored (their bright colors evident only in flight) or cryptic in behavior (nocturnal in their habits). John L. Capinera, Ralph D. Scott, and Thomas J. Walker designed their book for amateur naturalists who wish to know the local fauna, for students who seek to identify insects as part of entomology and natural history courses, and for professional biologists who need to identify invertebrates. This invaluable field guide will be a useful supplement for laboratory and field activities and a reference for classrooms at every level.

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Field Guide to Grasshoppers.......2007-09-24

As an amateur naturalist I had wanted a small book to help in identifying these insects. The Insect field guides tend to not be specific enough. This book is a true field guide to this group of very common insects and has some beautiful colored illustrations as well as an excellent key.

grahoppers.......2007-07-14

A good addition to a library of detailed information about a common insect.This book follows after a general insect guide for anyone with curiosity about grasshoppers. Walk through arecently dry filed or lake and have this book in your pocket.

A Must for Insect Collectors.......2007-06-06

Have you tried to identify a grasshopper or cricket with one of those field guides that covers all insects? Here is the book that makes it possible to identify that orthopteran that you just can't find in the other guides. The pictorial keys and the full color plates are invaluable to amateurs and the experienced collectors alike. The distribution maps, descriptions and illustrations of distinguishing characteristics help you to confirm or refute your identification. This book is in such high demand by my students that I will certainly be buying more copies.

This is a great book.......2007-01-05

This Book is great for anyone, the beginner to the seasoned. It has helped me to identify nearly all the Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets in my collection. Especially the more difficult meadow & conehead katydids and the spur-throated grasshoppers. This is a must have for any insect collector.

from a Canadian perspective.......2006-11-11

To add to the comments posted by others who have reviewed this book, here are a few additional notes. As mentioned by everyone above, the colour illustrations of a selection of species are beautiful. Descriptions of species are excellent. The description of habitat for each species (under heading of "Ecology") is quite helpful. As a Canadian naturalist, it's nice to find an insect guide that has range maps and descriptions extending north of the 49th. The section on natural history and anatomy is quite good, although it would have been nice to see more descriptions and illustrations of various nymphs as these seem to confound many people. Aside from that, it's an excellent field guide and would make a good addition to the library of any naturalist interested in entomology.

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Science (Grasshopper)

Manufacturer: Harcourt School Publishers
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Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 015340065X

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The Road to Hell
Not what I expected
Nobody Does it Better
Poorly written, dull
Fascinating and brilliant, not your typical mystery.

Grasshopper
Barbara Vine
Manufacturer: Vintage
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Binding: Paperback

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The Minotaur

ASIN: 0375726500
Release Date: 2002-06-11

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A new novel from Barbara Vine (or Ruth Rendell, her alter ego) is always cause for celebration, and in this exceptional psychological thriller, she displays all her mastery of craft to draw the reader into an unfamiliar world. She paints a vivid picture of the roots of obsession in the history of a young woman whose love of high places has been marked by tragedy, guilt, and exile from her family's home.

Clodagh Brown has always been frightened by enclosed spaces and loved climbing, a phobia and passion that resulted in the death of her high school sweetheart. As a college student living in the basement of a distant relative's home in Maida Vale, a slightly shabby London neighborhood, she encounters a group of peers who share both of these psychological quirks and introduce her to the steep rooftops of her new surroundings. Clodagh soon falls in love with Silver, a young man whose top-floor apartment across from her flat houses a diverse and fascinating group of people. Their youthful idealism and moral certainties are often at odds with conventional values and legal niceties. While Clodagh and Silver carry the story, their peers present ample opportunities for Vine to showcase her talent for imagining a multiplicity of lives and personas--from Liv, the Swedish au pair who can clamber over rooftops like a mountain goat but is terrified of what awaits her on level ground, to Jonny, whose pathological need to dominate the others, particularly Liv, leads to the shocking and tragic denouement. When the climbers chance upon a top-floor flat where a couple and their adopted mixed-race son are hiding from the authorities (who would remove the child from their care), Vine's ability to alter pace without sacrificing story or character really stands out. Grasshopper is an acutely drawn, immensely satisfying book. --Jane Adams

Book Description

“They have sent me here because of what happened on the pylon.”
When Clodagh Brown writes these words at the age of nineteen, she believes that she is leaving behind the traumatic events of her youth. But Clodagh soon learns that you can never entirely escape your past.

In the aftermath of the incident on the pylon--one of the great electrified structures that dot the English countryside like so many gargantuan grasshoppers--Clodagh goes off to university, moves into a basement flat arranged by her unsympathetic family, and finds freedom trekking across London's rooftops with a gang of neighborhood misfits. As she begins a thrilling relationship with a fellow climber, however, both Clodagh and the reader are haunted by the memory of the pylon and of the terrible thing that happened there--and by the eerie sense that another tragedy is just a footfall away.

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The Road to Hell.......2007-08-24

If you have never read a Ruth Rendell or Barbara Vine novel, stop! Put Grasshopper down and move slowly away. Read Thirteen Steps Down or The Water's Lovely or The Rottweiler first. After you've become a committed fan, you may return to Grasshopper.

I read Grasshopper when it first came out a few years ago, but it was so-o-o slow and uneventful that I skipped along and didn't appreciate the story as it played out. I decided to give it another try recently and was finding that I had the same opinion of it. Slow. No murders. A generally gloomy ambience, but not much tension.

But as I made my way to the end, I started to see what was going on. The horror here isn't evil. It's disastrous consequences committed by people with the best intentions. Graham Greene's The Quiet American explored the same theme and so did Shakespeare, probably. Still, it's a theme that has rather a lot of relevance these days, and it's particularly horrifying the way it sneaks up on you, in Grasshopper and in real life.

Not what I expected.......2006-08-19

I hadn't read any reviews of this book when I started it. I assumed it would be a typical Barbara Vine/Ruth Rendell mystery - people get killed, the rest of the book is spent figuring out whodunnit. This book is not like that at all. It isn't a mystery. I enjoyed it very much though - it held my interest.

Nobody Does it Better.......2006-01-27

Tightly woven plot, complex characterizations and an amazingly talented reader (audio version). What more could you want? Vine's books receive consistent rave reviews from both sides of the Atlantic and its easy to see why. I am mystified by the number of unfavorable reviews of this book and felt compelled to add mine to offset the 1 and 2-starred reviews. U.S. fans should be looking forward to reading The Minotaur which is scheduled to be released in March 2006. I was lucky enough to obtain a copy from Great Britain and loved every minute of it as well.

Poorly written, dull.......2005-12-17

I'm reading this book only because it's hard to come by English language books in Italy and it cost very little. This novel is really poorly written, the characters are all unlikeable and boring, and you are strung along throughout the entire clunking thing by promises of "secrets" to be revealed, which, once they are revealed, are pretty anticlimactic and serve only to make you dislike the characters even more.

Fascinating and brilliant, not your typical mystery........2005-11-10

I couldn't put this book down. I think that the reviewers who didn't like it were reacting to its not being a typical "mystery" but more of a psychological suspense novel. I don't think an author who has written over fifty novels can be expected to reproduce the same exact formula in each book. It would get very old. Here, the characters are brilliantly drawn, and very interesting, but they are not mainstream characters. They are young adult misfits, and as such rang very true to me. The part about roof climbing was not so farfetched either -- I don't know if people do it, but if they bungee jump, then it certainly is possible. I also remember reading a story years ago about two young people caught making love (by a traffic helicopter) on top of a bridge tower in NYC.

I find it refreshing that Rendell/Vine writes about outsiders -- I get tired of reading about lawyers and academics. And these are middle-class outsiders, not so very far from many readers and our children. I found Clodagh believable if not entirely engaging, and Silver, her boyfriend, right on. An idealistic young man with an inherited income who does not distinguish between good and evil, but finds everyone interesting, and learns through experience observing the other young people in his flop of an apartment. He cannot imagine evil until he meets it...

That said, it does not really have one main story line, but multiple threads, without a central conclusion. That didn't bother me. If you enjoy a read you can really get your teeth into, this is for you. If you prefer a standard mystery formula, then maybe not.

Winning in the Land of Giants: How to Conquer "Grasshopper Mentality" and Develop the Courage of a Giant Slayer

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Good Encouragement for Christians
Very good resource

Winning in the Land of Giants: How to Conquer "Grasshopper Mentality" and Develop the Courage of a Giant Slayer
William Mitchell
Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0785280944

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Good Encouragement for Christians.......2004-01-27

Enjoyed reading Mitchell's book encouraging people to stop living the "grasshopper mentality" of 10 of the 12 spies who on Moses' orders went to spy on the Land of Canaan.

Among the important points Mitchell covers include:

1. If we attack giants in our own strength, we will be defeated every time!
2. Medical evidence suggests positive thinking is good for our health.
3. Be careful of who you spend time with. Be around encouragers and avoid overly negative people.
4. Faith is best placed in God, not self.
5. We must be willing to pay the price for dealing with giants.
6. Be an encourager! Encouragers are strong and secure enough to give of themselves to other people.
7. Larger successes result from larger challenges - God uses challenges to mold us into His likeness.
8. Sometimes God will get us out of our comfort zone because He wants to do a great work in our lives.
9. Slaying giants can benefit others as well as ourselves.
10. Joshua was one Biblical figure who was successful because he was able to keep his focus.

If you are looking for an easy read full of encouraging thoughts and words, then this is an excellent read.

Very good resource.......2002-12-02

I used this as text for a small group Bible study for pre-teens. The participants responded very positively to the encouraging and self-concept building message. In a culture which focuses on the "outward man" and robs youth of self-confidence, it is a blessing to have a guide which teaches today's youth that God looks inside and that each of them can be mighty, victorious, and successful! This book would also make a fine family devotional guide as well as in small groups. Though it is targeted at youth, adults will learn and grow by internalizing the concepts of overcoming "grasshopper mentality". You won't be disappointed.

Walt Disney's: The Grasshopper and the Ants

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Walt Disney's: The Grasshopper and the Ants
Margaret Wise Brown
Manufacturer: Disney Press
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Hilarious!
'Pass out laughing' funny
Strange Encounters of the Bird Kind
A Delight!
If you don't like laughing, DON'T READ THIS BOOK!

The Grasshopper Trap
Patrick F. McManus
Manufacturer: Owl Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Hilarious!.......2005-03-14

I picked this book up at a liquidation sale at a used book store mainly because I liked the title and not knowing anything about the author. This was my first reading of Patrick McManus and now I just have to read more of his works. My better half was trying to watch TV while I was reading this and I kept interrupting by reading sections of the book. His comment was "I can relate to that." I got to the point where I couldn't read any more until I wiped my eyes. This is a must-read for anyone who needs a good laugh.

'Pass out laughing' funny.......2005-01-09

I have always thought that Patrick McManus is the funniest writer on the planet. I read his stories when I need to laugh or relax. Sometimes I irritate my wife by reading it in bed. I try not to laugh out loud, but I only succeed in sounding like I am trying to muffle continuous sneezes.

However, not everyone gets it. I have been shocked by watching people read McManus without so much as a smile (though most start snorting like wild pigs on acid) . My only guess is that getting McManus requires a couple things. First, it requires some understanding of his experiences. He absolutely nails all of the stupid things 'outdoors men (outdoors people)' do and think, but don't want anybody to know about. Second, you have to see the self-deprecating aspect of his humor. Third, you can't look for great literature in integrated books. Patrick McManus is an excellent writer, if you see these as independent stories simply collected in a volume. They are meant for adults who want to laugh at themselves. So, If you are willing to or already meet the above three criteria, you will love this book.

By the way, I am a professor of clinical psychology and (other than worrying a little about McManus) I sometimes recommend this and other McManus books. I do this with people who have racing thoughts and anxiety at bedtime, and when I believe they have the necessary experiences to find it funny. It often works quite well. I think of his stories as little pieces of happiness. (Oh, that even makes me sick to hear. Sorry)

Strange Encounters of the Bird Kind.......2003-01-22

The title of these comments is from one of the tales in this third collection of short stories I have read by Mr. Patrick F. McManus. The author has been writing the yarns and his versions of his childhood "true" stories for decades, and has now produced 12 collections of these essays in book form. Many of the stories are about being outdoors and failing miserably as a hunter and fisherman, but one gets the impression that to the extent he fails, he does with seeming intent. It's the outdoors he loves, not harming it or its inhabitants. When he does speak of a successful outing with his friends he complains so much about the "success" that again you can tell coming home empty handed is his real goal. A collection of stories is what he is after.

The best stories here range from his childhood when speaking of why an 8 year old is perfectly competent to own his first knife, while even one day short of the 8th anniversary would be nothing less than a felony were a knife to be given to such an infant. He goes on at length as to how men delude themselves in to their thinking they have convinced their wives how their gun collections multiply without a single purchase. And in a story entitled, "A Hunker Is Not A Squat", he explains how with the correct posture, a stick and a dirt floor, The United Nations would be unnecessary, and world conflicts would end.

Mr. McManus writes for everyone who enjoys a good laugh, uncontrived humor, and just simple observations about human nature. He does not preach about the solutions to world problems, claim a cure for the common cold, or how to get rich. He just gives the reader the gift of laughter, an invaluable gift.

A Delight!.......2000-05-23

A book filled with humorous stories, this compilation of experiences was a treat to read! The Grasshopper Trap is only the second book I've read by Patrick McManus but now I want to track down all of his stories. McManus writes humor without the obscene, offensive language that seems so common everywhere these days. It's a refreshing, fun read with stories that entertain as well as remind us of a simpler, less frantic way of life.

If you don't like laughing, DON'T READ THIS BOOK!.......1999-11-20

This is just one of those books that's great when, well, anytime

The Butterflys Ball And The Grasshoppers Feast

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The Butterflys Ball And The Grasshoppers Feast
Roscoe
Manufacturer: Mcgraw Hill Book Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000JDXJUG

Who's Got Game?: The Ant or the Grasshopper?, The Lion or the Mouse?, Poppy or the Snake?

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Who's Got Game?: The Ant or the Grasshopper?, The Lion or the Mouse?, Poppy or the Snake?
Toni Morrison , and Slade Morrison
Manufacturer: Scribner
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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 Who's Got Game? were inspired by the wonder of Aesop's fables -- their vitality, their endless demand for new 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. More than a play on these beloved fables, Who's Got Game? is AESOP LIVE!

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