The Leaping Grasshopper.The Leaping Grasshopper grasshopper, name applied to almost 9,000 different species of singing, jumping insects in two families of the order Orthoptera. Grasshoppers are long, slender, winged insects with powerful hind legs and strong mandibles, or mouthparts, adapted for chewing. Jeanne Archambault & Dwight Smith For the Major League Baseball player, see . Dwight Smith (born August 13, 1978 in Detroit, Michigan) is a professional American football player currently with the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL. Jitterbug jitterbug Dance variation of the two-step in which couples swing, balance, and twirl in standardized patterns to syncopated music in ⁴⁄₄ time. It originated in the U.S. in the mid 1930s and became internationally popular in the 1940s. Books 25 Whale Rock Road, Jamestown, RI 02835 0976303124, $15.95 The Leaping Grasshopper is a simple, rhyming children's picturebook with a moral about the importance of being considerate con·sid·er·ate adj. 1. Having or marked by regard for the needs or feelings of others. See Synonyms at thoughtful. 2. Characterized by careful thought; deliberate. to other people. A grasshopper leaps playfully from place to place, passing by many other creatures but never paying much attention to them. When he sees a big black cat, he suddenly realizes he's in trouble, but since he never stayed around any other creature long enough to introduce himself, none of them are present to help him--he must figure out how to survive on his own! "I will still leap up high and come down low, / but not too fast and not too slow. / Now I will try very hard to be / a friend to everyone I see." The crayon-like coloration col·or·a·tion n. 1. Arrangement of colors. 2. The sum of the beliefs or principles of a person, group, or institution. to the simply drawn illustrations adds a charming, child-friendly touch to this meaningful parable. |
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