title: The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast
author: William Plomer
description: William Plomer was a South African novelist, literary editor, and poet.<br><br>Alan Aldridge is the British artist whose airbrush illustrations of fantasy scenes defined the graphic style of the sixties. Working with some of the greatest artists of his generation, including the Beatles and Andy Warhol, Aldridge created groundbreaking posters, book illustrations, and album covers. His debut children&#8217;s book, THE BUTTERFLY BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST, won the prestigious Whitbread Children&#8217;s Book Award.
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  # The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast
  
  
  ### Mr. Roscoe
  
  
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  THE  
  BUTTERFLY'S BALL,
  
  [Illustration]
  
  AND THE  
  GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST.
  
  [Illustration]
  
  
  By Mr. ROSCOE.
  
  ILLUSTRATED WITH ELEGANT ENGRAVINGS.
  
  
  LONDON:
  
  Printed for J. HARRIS, Successor to E. NEWBERY,  
  at the Original Juvenile Library, the Corner of  
  St. Paul's Church Yard.
  
  1808\.
  
  
  Printed on Hand-made Paper, bound in characteristic style, with uncut edges,
  price Half-a-Crown,
  
  
  GOODY TWO-SHOES
  
  A FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION
  
  OF THE
  
  EDITION OF 1766
  
  WITH AN INTRODUCTION
  
  
  GIVING SOME ACCOUNT OF THE