Grasshopper on the Road, Arnold Lobel
Grasshopper on the Road, Arnold Lobel
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Grasshopper on the Road

Author: Arnold Lobel

Narrator: Mark Linn-Baker

Unabridged: 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 10/20/2009

Synopsis

From Arnold Lobel, the beloved author and illustrator of the Newbery Honor and Caldecott Honor award-winning Frog and Toad books, comes a sweet, timely twist on a classic fable. One morning Grasshopper finds a lovely road to follow. Off he goes on his journey, past plenty of busy characters. They wonder why Grasshopper isn’t as busy as they are. But Grasshopper—well, he is happy just walking down the road.Arnold Lobel's beloved Level 2 I Can Read classic was created for kids who read on their own but still need a little help.The classic Frog and Toad stories by Arnold Lobel have won numerous awards and honors, including a Newbery Honor, a Caldecott Honor, ALA Notable Children’s Book, Fanfare Honor List (Horn Book), School Library Journal Best Children’s Book, and Library of Congress Children’s Book.  

About Arnold Lobel

Arnold Lobel (1933–1987) illustrated many wonderful children’s books but is most beloved for his Frog and Toad stories, including the first one, Frog and Toad Are Friends, published in 1970. The books have garnered much acclaim, including a Caldecott Honor for Frog and Toad Are Friends and a Newbery Honor for Frog and Toad Together. These were followed by Frog and Toad All Year and Days with Frog and Toad.

About Mark Linn-Baker

Mark Linn-Baker was most recently seen as ""Toad"" in the Broadway musical A Year with Frog and Toad. He is a producing director of New York Stage and Film, and his Broadway credits include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Neil Simon's Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Face Value, and Doonesbury. For many, he is best known as Larry Appleton of television's Perfect Strangers.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Danielle

This is one of the best books ever written and it's only a level reader. A level reader uses vocabulary appropriate for a particular reading level and is usually devoid of plot. This level reader is insightful and allegorical and biblical in its proportions. You heard me right. Next time you are in......more

Goodreads review by John

My mother included this in a "sorry the pandemic closed all the libraries" book care package, and it has quickly become a favorite. I don't remember it...I think I must have read it, since I read all the Frog and Toad books, but maybe somehow it eluded me. It is so great. It is weird the way Frog an......more

Goodreads review by Dara

One of Lobel's most charming works, which I may have missed as a child, or else forgotten. There is a dense, fabulist texture to these simple stories of a grasshopper traveling from place to place, meeting various insects. The grasshopper's sanguine, live-and-let-live attitude allows us to appreciate......more

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