' Grasshopper, insouciant hero of Lobel' s free-and-easy reader, goes where the road leads, en route unsettling a series of set-in-their-ways insects.' - SLJ. ' One of the richest examples of characterization in the beginning-to-read genre.' - BL.
Notable Children's Book of 1978 (ALA)1979 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book)"Best of the Best" Children's Books 1966- 1978 (SLJ)Children's Choices for 1979 (IRA/CBC)Garden State Children's Book Award- Easy to Read (New Jersey Library Association)