Grasshoppers also make numerous appearances in the literature of the Great Plains. A quick review of Great Plains children's books yields the following titles that have references to grasshoppers in them. There are also some adult books with grasshopper references. These would be appropriate for reading aloud or for more advanced readers. In Sod and Stubble by John Ise, see chapters nine through twelve.
Grasshoppers can also offer an opportunity for vocabulary enrichment.
Any or all of the following words could be incorporated into an exercise for dictionary practice, spelling, or a word puzzle. A Ness County man said it was nothing to see one or two grasshoppers tugging against a steer for a stalk of corn. Among the most original responses of folk inventors on the plains to chronic grasshopper infestations was a device called the hopperdozer. Used during the 1870s and again during the 1930s, the hopperdozer was a sort of sledge pulled or pushed through a field by a team, or during the 1930s sometimes mounted on a truck bumper. The base was a reservoir filled with coal oil.