The Grasshopper BookThe author introduces his fascinating book about grasshoppers and their relations by pointing out the error of Aesop's fable which compares the grasshopper unfavorably to the ant. "Actually," he says, "the grasshopper is no more a ner'er-do-well than the ant; it simply does the things it has to for a happy and successful life." He then shows how grasshoppers and the other related insects-crickets, katydids, etc.-are equipped for life and how they act from birth to death. Particularly interesting are in the incidents and examples that were drawn from the author's observation of his own collection of grasshoppers, crickets and katydids that he kept in cages. As in Sunstone's other books by Wilfrid Bronson, the text in this book for young readers is in large, clear type, and there are many illustrations on each page. Wilfrid Swancourt Bronson wrote his first book at the age of eight. Called "Animal People," it started like this: "This book is for children who are interested in animals and birds. It has verey good pictures in it and children can understand it verey easily." He later learned to spell, and wrote and illustrated over twenty books for children with "verey good pictures" that they could understand. Young readers everywhere are glad he did. |
Contents
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A GRASSHOPPERS MACHINERY | 12 |
A GRASSHOPPERS GROWTH | 31 |
GRASSHOPPER PLAGUES | 39 |
SOME KINDS OF GRASSHOPPERS IN PARTICULAR | 56 |
KATYDIDS AND CRICKETS | 70 |
CRICKETS IN PARTICULAR | 93 |
THE ROACHES | 108 |
WALKINGSTICKS | 118 |
THE PRAYING MANTISES | 124 |
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abdomen Adam's apples Aesop Aesop's fable ants armor barbs beetle birds bite blister beetle blood body brown burrows bush crickets cage called Carolina locust catapult cave cave-katydids clean cockroach color compound eyes conehead crackling crawled creatures crops ears earth egg-placer enemies face farmers feed feelers feet female grasshopper fiddling field cricket floor forelegs glue grass grasshopper eggs grasshopper's green ground half head hole hopper human inches insects January thaw jaws jump Katy katydids and crickets kind of grasshopper land leaf leaves live long hind legs look male mantises millions mole crickets molt MORMON CRICKET mouth moving never night once perhaps plane plants play poison roaches rubbing scrapy seems side slant-faced locusts sometimes sounds spring stick summer swarms termites thing thorax Tree crickets tropical trying twig walking walking-stick wingless wings winter