Named A Best Book Of The Year By Kirkusgloriously Inventive.new York Timesany Youngster Who Enjoys Critters And Nature Will Appreciate This Book.5 Stars, Youth Services Book Reviewkids Ages 4-7 Will Get Lost In The Imaginative World Of This Wordless Picture Book in This Colorful And Moving Portrait Told From The Up-close Perspectives Of A Young Girl And A Grasshopper, A Garden Comes Alive With Creatures, Plants, And Surprises Of Nature.grasshopper Encourages Young Readers To:explore Nature Around Them With Curiosity And Imaginationrespect Nature And The Creatures Who Call It Their Homewhile Investigating And Admiring The Insects In Her Garden, A Young Girl Discovers How Her Actions Impact The Little Creatures She Finds, Like A Caterpillar Inside A Pea Pod. When She Places The Caterpillar On An Anthill, The Ants Swarm It when She Captures A Grasshopper, She Discovers One Of Its Legs Has Fallen Off.