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The Grasshopper Hopped!
Hippity-Hop! Hippity-Hop!
Grasshopper hops off on an adventure that lands him in lots of peculiar places—the soup, which is too hot; the fridge, which is too cold; the sea, which is too salty; and into the mouth of the big hungry frog, which is . . . well, you’ll have to read more to find out! How far will poor Grasshopper have to hop before he finds the right place to be?
This funny and fun-filled story is brought to life with easy-to-move tabs that allow children to help the grasshopper find his favorite spot.
Grasshopper hops off on an adventure that lands him in lots of peculiar places—the soup, which is too hot; the fridge, which is too cold; the sea, which is too salty; and into the mouth of the big hungry frog, which is . . . well, you’ll have to read more to find out! How far will poor Grasshopper have to hop before he finds the right place to be?
This funny and fun-filled story is brought to life with easy-to-move tabs that allow children to help the grasshopper find his favorite spot.
14 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2010
About the author
Elizabeth Alexander
113 books479 followersElizabeth Alexander is a Quantrell Award-winning American poet, essayist, playwright, university professor, and scholar of African-American literature and culture. She teaches English language/literature, African-American literature, and gender studies at Yale University. Alexander was a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard during the 2007-08 academic year.
Alexander's poems, short stories, and critical writings have been widely published in such journals and periodicals as The Paris Review, American Poetry Review, The Kenyon Review, The Village Voice, The Women's Review of Books, and The Washington Post. Her play Diva Studies, which was performed at Yale's School of Drama, garnered her a National Endowment for the Arts creative writing fellowship as well as an Illinois Arts Council award.
On December 17th, 2008 it was announced that she will compose a poem which she shall recite at the Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama in January 2009.
Alexander's poems, short stories, and critical writings have been widely published in such journals and periodicals as The Paris Review, American Poetry Review, The Kenyon Review, The Village Voice, The Women's Review of Books, and The Washington Post. Her play Diva Studies, which was performed at Yale's School of Drama, garnered her a National Endowment for the Arts creative writing fellowship as well as an Illinois Arts Council award.
On December 17th, 2008 it was announced that she will compose a poem which she shall recite at the Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama in January 2009.
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May 5, 2022
A book for the youngest of children by Elizabeth Alexander, US poet and president of the Andrew Mellon Foundation.
May 15, 2012
Hippity-hop, hippity-hop! The grasshopper is out to find the perfect spot. This board book is also a toy book with moving tabs to help the grasshopper move from place to place. An excellent addition to the collection because nothing pops out or up.
Theme: bugs
Additional themes: finding a perfect spot/home
Theme: bugs
Additional themes: finding a perfect spot/home
May 27, 2016
If you want to read about hopping, this book is for you. A fragile format for libraries, with the paper "levers" to move the main star of the book tricky to keep in good form.
The story has a slight twist at the end, which children will like. Summery colors in the illustrations, the book is rather small for a big crowd to see.
The story has a slight twist at the end, which children will like. Summery colors in the illustrations, the book is rather small for a big crowd to see.
April 27, 2010
Cute tab book that children will love to move the hopping, inquisitive bug.
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews