The Roscoe, William 1753-1831 creator Welsh, Charles 1850-1914 text utu 2007 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Butterfly%27s_Ball,_and_the_Grasshopper%27s_Feast Release date is 2007-03-20 Produced by Irma Špehar, David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Original publication data not identified Animals -- Juvenile poetry Insects -- Juvenile poetry PZ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20860 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20860 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133500.0 20860