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
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| Author | Roscoe, William, 1753-1831 |
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| 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 |
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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 | Mar 20, 2007 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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