The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast by William Roscoe

"The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast" by William Roscoe is a poem written in 1802. It tells the story of a festive party attended by insects and other small animals. The whimsical verse sparked popular sequels featuring gatherings of birds and large mammals, and inspired numerous adaptations across different media, including illustrated picture books, an animated short, and even a rock opera with its own soundtrack. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Roscoe, William, 1753-1831
Commentator Welsh, Charles, 1850-1914
Title The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Butterfly%27s_Ball,_and_the_Grasshopper%27s_Feast
Credits Produced by Irma Špehar, David Garcia and the Online
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 64.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject Animals -- Juvenile poetry
Subject Insects -- Juvenile poetry
Category Text
eBook-No. 20860
Release Date
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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