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The very quiet cricket

Author: Eric Carle
Publisher: New York : Philomel Books, ©1990.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats
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A newly hatched cricket has a problem getting his wings to chirp. A very quiet cricket who wants to rub his wings together and make a sound as do so many other animals finally achieves his wish. The cricket's sound is reproduced at the end of the book. Annotation. A small cricket hatches "one warm day," and the other insects greet him. Though the little guy wants very much to respond, nothing happens when he rubs his  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Juvenile fiction
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Fiction
Material Type: Fiction, Juvenile audience
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Eric Carle
ISBN: 0399218858 9780399218859
OCLC Number: 21036284
Description: [28] p. : col. ill. ; 22 x 30 cm.
Responsibility: Eric Carle.

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A newly hatched cricket has a problem getting his wings to chirp. A very quiet cricket who wants to rub his wings together and make a sound as do so many other animals finally achieves his wish. The cricket's sound is reproduced at the end of the book. Annotation. A small cricket hatches "one warm day," and the other insects greet him. Though the little guy wants very much to respond, nothing happens when he rubs his wings together. Finally, as night falls, he spies another cricket and attempts to greet her. "And this time - he chirped the most beautiful sound that she had ever heard." As usual, Carle's art is lovely and his story is simple and satisfying. But this book has something The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Very Busy Spider didn't have: an electronic chirping mechanism activated by the turning of the last page.

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