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...